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The Met: Live In HD Presents a New Production of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung Broadcast Live to Local Movie Theaters This Saturday, February 11
Centennial, Colo. - The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Götterdämmerung, the final opera in Wagner’s cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi and directed by Robert Lepage, will be transmitted live to select U.S. theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series, on February 11, 2012 at Noon ET.
For more information on The Met: Live in HD series and theaters showing the transmissions, please visit www.FathomEvents.com or http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/liveinhd/LiveinHD.aspx.
The central role of Brünnhilde will be sung by Deborah Voigt in her Met role debut. Jay Hunter Morris, who stepped into the title role of Wagner’s Siegfried earlier this season to great acclaim, will again take the role of the doomed hero in this final installment of the Ring cycle. The distinguished company of Wagnerians also includes Wendy Bryn Harmer as Gutrune, Waltraud Meier as Waltraute, Hans-Peter König as Hagen, Eric Owens as Alberich, and Iain Paterson as Gunther; all but Paterson are making their house role debuts. The Met: Live in HD presentation of Götterdämmerung will be hosted by Patricia Racette.
Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Wagner’s epic conclusion to the Ring tetralogy. Earlier this season, he led the new production premieres of Siegfried and Don Giovanni, and he will conduct the first complete cycles of Lepage’s Ring staging beginning this April. His future Met engagements this season also include the new production premiere of Massenet’s Manon and a revival of Verdi’s La Traviata. Lepage’s Ring production, which features a unique, technologically advanced set that can assume many configurations and receive video projections to realize Wagner’s stage directions, opened the Met’s 2010-11 season with the premiere of Das Rheingold; the new productions of Die Walküre and Siegfried followed in April and October 2011.
Voigt, long acclaimed for her Wagner performances at the Met, is singing her first Brünnhildes in this production of the Ring. Götterdämmerung will be the seventh Wagner opera in her Met repertory, which also includes Brünnhilde in Siegfried, both Brünnhilde and Sieglinde in Die Walküre, Isolde in Tristan und Isolde, Elsa in Lohengrin, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, and Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer.
Earlier this season, Morris took over the starring role in the new production premiere of Siegfried with a week’s notice, and had a major success in the demanding title role. Last season, he sang Siegfried in complete Ring cycles with the San Francisco Opera. Throughout his career, he has starred in numerous world premieres, including John Adams’s Doctor Atomic, Howard Shore’s The Fly, Elliott Goldenthal’s Grendel, Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, and André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire.
Harmer, who sang Freia in the new production premiere of Das Rheingold, will make her Met role debut as the lovelorn Gibichung princess Gutrune. Meier will add the role of Waltraute, Brünnhilde’s fatalistic sister, to her Met repertory, which also includes notable performances of Sieglinde, Isolde, Venus in Tannhäuser, and Kundry in Parsifal; last season at the Met, she sang her first performances of Marie in Wozzeck. Scottish bass-baritone Paterson made his Met debut as Gunther in the 2008-09 season. Owens was critically acclaimed for his role debut as Alberich in the production premieres of Lepage’s Das Rheingold and Siegfried stagings. König has appeared in all three prior Lepage Ring production premieres, singing Fafner in Das Rheingold and Siegfried and Hunding in Die Walküre.
The production team for Götterdämmerung is the same as in previous Lepage Ring productions: set designer Carl Fillion, costume designer François St-Aubin, and lighting designer Etienne Boucher. Video image artist Lionel Arnould makes his Met debut with Götterdämmerung.
For more information, including bios of the performers and production team, and general information about the Met season, please visit: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/press/.
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- Pre-approved cameras are NOT permitted to shoot any theater business transactions (box office, concession stands, etc.) or copyrighted materials (posters, etc.) other than the Metropolitan Opera event materials.
- Cameras are not allowed to shoot in the auditorium.
- Once the event begins, reporters with press passes or tickets may remain in the auditorium and enjoy the show, provided they do not use any recording devices/cameras.
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Jeremy Denk Plays Beethoven and Cowell at Carnegie Hall,
as His Album with Joshua Bell Tops Charts
“Denk’s piano playing mingles urbanity with unabashed beauty.”– Washington Post
Jeremy Denk’s new French Impressions album with violinist Joshua Bell recently topped the Billboard classical chart, and on February 16 the pianist looks forward to performing one of his signature works, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s under Sir Roger Norrington at Carnegie Hall. It was with Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto that Denk made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut last March, stepping in at the eleventh hour to replace Martha Argerich. The Los Angeles Times found his performance “riveting,” while the Huffington Post reported that “the audience erupted in applause and wouldn’t let Denk go.” The pianist returns to New York’s 92nd Street Y on March 4 to help present “The Prodigy and the Ponytail: The Life and Music of Mozart,” before heading back to Carnegie Hall on March 30, for an “American Mavericks” program with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas. Also in the “American Mavericks” series, Denk is set to perform Henry Cowell’s rarely-heard Piano Concerto with these same forces in San Francisco and Ann Arbor, as well as on an upcoming release on the orchestra’s hit SFS Media label.
A witty, illuminating writer as well as a virtuosic and penetrating pianist, Denk keeps a blog – Think Denk – that has proved one of the most talked-about in the classical music world. New Yorker critic Alex Ross has even called Denk “one of the most interesting writers I know.” Now, Denk has his own piece in the New Yorker, with the February 6 issue featuring “Flight of the Concord,” a reflection on his experience of recording the “Concord” Sonata by Charles Ives. Denk writes:
“Every year, classical musicians record themselves for posterity. It’s a way to be visible, to escape the fleetingness of performance, and to reach people who will never hear you in concert. But it’s a perverse purchase: in exchange for a considerable financial investment – these days, few recordings are made purely on a record company’s dime – you receive many hours of narcissistic suffering.”
Along with a Think Denk entry that dubs his New Yorker piece an “obsessive, neurotic account of making a recording,” Denk’s recent blogging includes a lighter rumination on his life on tour with Bell.
Denk and Bell are fellow alums of Indiana University, and the two have played more than 80 recitals together over the past few years. Released by Sony Classical, their French Impressions album – featuring sonatas by Saint-Saëns, Franck, and Ravel – debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard classical chart in mid-January. Denk wrote the engaging liner notes for the album; they include an evocative summary of “what makes French music French: sounds that float, hover, harmony like a scent, a perfume evaporating into air.” About his partnership with Denk, Joshua Bell explains:
“I love rehearsing with him, arguing with him and thinking about what we are going to do. I will defend my ideas, and he will defend his. That’s how you get to the truth of the matter. So, it’s a good partnership, and every piece on the recording represents piano and violin equally.”
Reporting on Denk’s way with Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto, the Detroit Free Press found his performance to be “the most viscerally exciting, emotionally absorbing, and intellectually rich account” that the reviewer had “ever heard in concert.” On February 16 at Carnegie Hall, Denk will appear with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Roger Norrington, the renowned scholar-conductor of Classical-era repertoire, on a program that also includes Haydn and Mozart.
Mozart will be the focus of Denk’s latest collaboration with Steven Isserlis for the British cellist’s Family Music series at the 92nd Street Y. Denk has previously collaborated with Isserlis on many of the Upper East Side venue’s family chamber concerts, each of which offers an introduction to the life and music of one of the great composers; in last December’s “Hardboiled Genius,” he served as guest artistic director to introduce the life and work of Stravinsky. On March 4, supported by violinists Daniel Phillips and Pamela Frank, and with narration by Judy Kuhn, Denk and Isserlis join forces to present “The Prodigy and the Ponytail: The Life and Music of Mozart.”
Denk joins the San Francisco Symphony and Tilson Thomas for the orchestra’s centennial season “American Mavericks” tour, performing Henry Cowell’s Piano Concerto in San Francisco (March 10 and 14, plus solo Cowell pieces on March 11) and in Ann Arbor, MI (March 22). Denk also features prominently in another “American Mavericks” program at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall (March 30). His San Francisco performances of Cowell’s Piano Concerto will be recorded for release by the orchestra’s SFS Media label.
A list of Denk’s upcoming engagements follows, and much additional information is available at his web site: www.jeremydenk.net.
Jeremy Denk’s upcoming engagements
Feb 7
Philadelphia, PA
Perelman Theater – Kimmel Center
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Feb 12
Beacon, NY
Howland Cultural Center
Recital
Mozart
Feb 16
New York, NY
Carnegie Hall
Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Sir Roger Norrington
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15
Feb 23
Scranton, PA
Mellow Theater
Community Concerts at Lackawanna College
Feb 25
Des Moines, IA
Sheslow Auditorium
Drake University
Feb 27
Fort Worth, TX
Bass Performance Hall
Van Cliburn Foundation
Feb 29
Schenectady, NY
Memorial Chapel – Union College
Union College Concerts
March 4
New York, NY
92nd Street Y
Family Program: “The Prodigy With The Ponytail: The Life and Music of Mozart”
March 10
San Francisco, CA
American Mavericks
Cowell: Piano Concerto
Chamber music with members of the San Francisco Symphony
March 11
San Francisco, CA
American Mavericks
Cowell: selections for solo piano
Chamber music with members of the San Francisco Symphony
March 14
San Francisco, CA
American Mavericks
Cowell: Piano Concerto
Chamber music with members of the San Francisco Symphony
March 22
Ann Arbor, MI
Hill Auditorium
American Mavericks
San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas
March 30
New York, NY
Zankel Hall
American Mavericks
Members of the San Francisco Symphony
April 19 and 21
St. Paul, MN
Music Room at SPCO Center
Kagel: Morceau de Concours for two trumpets
Ives: Largo for violin, clarinet, and piano
Ligeti: Selected Études
Ives: Piano Trio
April 20 and 22
St. Paul, MN
Music Room at SPCO Center
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
May 8–14
European recital tour with Joshua Bell
May 8: Madrid
May 9: London
May 10: Paris
May 14: Berlin
May 19
Washington, DC
Washington Performing Arts Society
June 3
Chicago, IL
Chicago Symphony presents “The Collaborative Pianist”
June 21–23
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat
July 18
College Park, MD
Gildenhorn Recital Hall
University of Maryland
Kapell Competition
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Sarasota Concert Association Presents
The Minnesota Orchestra
With Conductor Osmo Vänskä and Violin Soloist Midori
March 7 § Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
(Sarasota, Florida) Sarasota Concert Association's "Great Performers" season continues with the acclaimed Minnesota Orchestra led by conductor Osmo Vänskä with the renowned violin soloist Midori, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 8 p.m. The concert is at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, in Sarasota. Individual tickets are $35, $45, $55, and $60. Tickets and information for the "Great Performers" series are available by calling 941-955-0040 or visiting: www.sarasotaconcertassociation.org.
The Minnesota Orchestra is recognized for distinguished performances around the world, award-winning recordings, radio broadcasts and educational programs, and commitment to building the repertoire of the future. Founded in 1903, the ensemble played its first regional tour in 1907, debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1912, and has toured regularly ever since. In 2003, the orchestra welcomed its tenth music director, Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä, who is renowned for his compelling interpretations of the standard, contemporary and Nordic repertoires. Vänskä began his music career as a clarinetist, holding major posts with orchestras in his native Finland. For two decades he was music director of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, which he transformed into one of Finland’s flagship orchestras.
Since her debut at the age of 11 with the New York Philharmonic more than 25 years ago, the violinist Midori has established a record of achievement that sets her apart as a master musician, innovator, and a champion of the developmental potential of children. She is recognized not only as one of the most dazzlingly gifted performers before the public, but increasingly for the community engagement initiatives to which she devotes a substantial amount of her energies and resources. In 1992 Midori founded Midori & Friends, a non-profit organization in New York which brings music education programs to thousands of underprivileged children each year. Two other organizations, Music Sharing, based in Japan, and Partners in Performance, based in the U.S., also bring music closer to the lives of people who may not otherwise have involvement with the arts.
For the past 67 years, SCA has presented a classical concert series at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall featuring performances by internationally renowned symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras and ensembles, and distinguished soloists.
The 2012 season concludes with the Northwest German Philharmonic, conducted by Eugene Tzigane, with cellist Amit Peled, on Sunday, March 18, 2012, with a special 4 p.m. matinee performance. The Northwest German Philharmonic has, over the course of the last 60 years, fulfilled an active role in the concert life of Germany, and as important cultural ambassadors throughout Europe and internationally.
SCA also presents “Munchtime Musicales,” a series of free concerts featuring performances by high-caliber, area-based artists. The series is designed to offer a wide variety of musical genres, including classical, folk, and jazz, featuring both vocal and instrumental performers. The 2012 concert season continues with pianist Grigorios Zamparas (February 15, 2012); Studio Artists from the Sarasota Opera, performing well-known arias and duets (March 21, 2012); and the Sarasota Wind Quintet from the Sarasota Orchestra (April 18, 2012). All performances are at noon at the BeatriceFriedmanSymphonyCenter, 709 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Seating is open; no reservations taken. For more information about Munchtime Musicales, call 941-351-7467 or visit www.sarasotaconcertassociation.org.
About the Sarasota Concert Association
The Sarasota Concert Association (SCA) exists to foster the development of an appreciation for the musical arts by sponsoring professional presentations that are not otherwise available in the community, through a not-for-profit, organized-audience plan. SCA aims to set reasonable fees for all performances. The organization is not designed to make a profit but does intend to be self-supporting. It provides outreach to all members of the regional community by offering a series of free concerts, Munchtime Musicales, held every year. For more information about SCA, visit www.sarasotaconcertassociation.org.
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UPCOMING JAZZ EVENTS AT 92YTRIBECA
FEBRUARY
Thu, Feb 9, 7pm, tickets from $12
The Samba That Lives Within Me (O Samba que Mora em Mim)
“Winner of Special Jury Award in the 34th International Film Festival in São Paulo, The Samba that Lives Within Me begins at the MangueiraSambaSchool court and goes into the community of Morro da Mangueira, in Rio de Janeiro. Director Georgia Guerra Peixe brings a personal report of samba and the history of the community in this autobiographical film." - São Paulo International Film Festival
Part of the series Janeiro in New York, co-presented with Cinema Tropical, programmed by Mary Jane Marcasiano and with support of the Consul General of Brazil in New York.
Director: Georgia Guerra Peixe. 72 min. 2010. In Portuguese with English subtitles. DigiBeta
**Followed by an afterparty in our Café, with live music from Benji Kaplan, “a guitar player with impeccable technique and fluency” (JazzTimes)
Fri, Feb 10, 9pm, tickets from $15
G. Calvin Weston's Treasures of the Spirit: Music of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
G. Calvin Weston’s Treasures of the Spirit is a group of stellar musicians lead by legendary drummer G. Calvin Weston playing the music of the of John McLaughlin's legendary and influential jazz-rock outfit the Mahavishnu Orchestra; an ornate blend of jazz, funk, Indian and European classical music. This extraordinary project brings to new life the music, which morphed many times over its long existence. Weston and his ensemble exploration of the group's various periods is a masterclass in musical adventurism. Born in Philadelphia, drummer G. Calvin Weston co-founded his first group, Bad Influence, while still in high school. At 17-years-old, Weston joined Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time Band, touring extensively in North America and Europe. After recording four albums with Prime Time, Weston went on to play and record with guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer, until he joined John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards in 1990. During the late 90s, Calvin recorded and toured with Billy Martin (of Medeski, Martin and Wood), Tricky, Eyvind Kang, Derek Baily, Marc Ribot, and James Carter.
Sat, Feb 11, 9pm, tickets from $10
UNDERGROUND HORNS / BROWN RICE FAMILY / PITCHBLAK BRASS BAND
Enjoy a night of deep grooves, plentiful horns and funky sounds with Underground Horns, Brown Rice Family and PitchBlak Brass Band. Underground Horns play a mix of funk, jazz and hip hop flavored with brass band traditions and African rhythms. It’s “kick-ass dance music,” says AllAboutJazz, “that brushes up against psychedelia…with shots of funky brass juice.” Brown Rice Family is a fresh world roots band grooving towards global solidarity and organic happiness. BRF provides the masses with a distinctively organic world roots music, which encompasses jazz stylings, Afrobeat, reggae, rock, Latin rhythms, hip hop, and funk. The band was formed while its members were attending the City College of New York, and has grown into its current form, comprised of eight members hailing from all over the world---Japan, Jamaica, Haiti, Nigeria, South Africa and USA. PitchBlak Brass Band draws upon its many members’ musical backgrounds and infuses their hip-hop driven music with funk, jazz, rock and classical music. The result is a sound rich with luscious brass harmonies, thoughtful rhymes and grooving rhythms.
Fri, Feb 17, 9pm, tickets from $10
EMEFE / MOKAAD / MS. LADY
A night of Afrobeat, hip hop, neo-soul and funk featuring EMEFE, Mokaad and Ms. Lady. EMEFE was created by drummer Miles Arntzen in 2009 to explore and share the Afrobeat music pioneered in the 1970's and 80's by Fela Anikulapo Kuti and carried on today by Antibalas. EMEFE draws heavy influence from the funk music of Sly Stone, James Brown and Earth Wind and Fire, as well as hip hop and neo-soul influences. Mokaad is a Brooklyn-based 12-piece group that was founded by Gabriel Garzón-Montano in 2008. The ensemble is heavily influenced by the innovations of visionaries such as Fred Wesley, Stevie Wonder, Prince and the Soulquarians. Starting the night off with right is Ms. Lady, comprised of members from both EMEFE and Mokaad.
Sat, Feb 18, 9pm, tickets from $12 adv/$15 day of show
JESSICA Lurie Ensemble: Megaphone Heart Pre-Release Show / Dan Tepfer Trio
Celebrate the upcoming release of Jessica Lurie Ensemble’s new album plus a set from Dan Tepfer. The Jessica Lurie Ensemble’s new album Megaphone Heart (Zipa Music) will be released in March, but the adventurous band is celebrating early here at 92YTribeca with a special show. Lurie brings her own sound to diverse types of music, mixing jazz, folk, funk, avant-garde, Klezmer & Latin influences, creating a coherent, compelling and expansive sound. On the new album and onstage, Lurie is joined by her steady New York-based band, with Brandon Seabrook on guitar and banjo, Erik Deutsch on all things piano-like, Allison Miller on drums, and Todd Sickafoose on acoustic bass. Miller will also perform with the evening’s other act, the Dan Tepfer trio, led by the “brilliant” (The Boston Globe) and “remarkable” (Washington Post) composer and pianist Dan Tepfer and featuring saxophonist Ohad Talmor.
Sat, Feb 25
Film ticket only: $12
Music ticket only: $15
Film and Music combo ticket: $22
Film + Music | MELVIN VAN PEEBLES SCREENING + LIVE MUSIC
For this special evening, we welcome Melvin Van Peebles for a 35mm film screening of his debut feature La permission (The Story of a ThreeDayPass) plus a Q&A, followed by a live performance with his band Laxative.
Sat, Feb 25, 7pm
Film | La permission (The Story of a ThreeDayPass)
+ POST-SCREENING Q&A W/ MELVIN VAN PEEBLES
Melvin Van Peebles, eager to direct and shut out by Hollywood, moved to Paris and took advantage of a filmmaking opportunity offered to writers. The result was La permission (later known as The Story of a Three Day Pass), a beautiful film that is both a slice of the life of a Black American man checking out Paris, a tender love story, and a depiction of a struggle with identity. When Turner, stationed in Paris, is granted a few days leave along with a promotion, he meets Miriam at a dance club. When he suggests they take off to Normandy, he is surprised that she agrees. The two enjoy themselves with a hay ride, frolic on the beach and make love in a charming hotel. But it isn’t quite as idyllic as it seems, nor is it simple to escape from bigotry.
Director: Melvin Van Peebles. 87 min. 1968. 35mm.
Sat, Feb 25, 9pm
Music | MELVIN VAN PEEBLES widLAXATIVE
A rare performance by the legendary filmmaker, Broadway musical producer, composer, author and recording artist Melvin Van Peebles and his band Laxative. Melvin Van Peebles had such a good time working with Burnt Sugar - the Arkestra Chamber – on the Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the Hood Opera last year in Paris that he recruited several members to join him in a new endeavor. The result is Laxative, MVP plus five other musicians, including Jared Michael Nickerson (electric bass); Paula Henderson (baritone saxophone); Bruce Mack (keyboards); Will Martina (cello); and Chris Eddleton (drums). Van Peebles will share songs he has penned, plus hilarious lessons picked up from his adventures on the road of life. MVP's unique narrative and singing style draws his audience into a world of hopes, chuckles and hard knocks. His music ranges from blues to jazz, from R&B to country.
Wed, Feb 29, 8pm show, $12 adv/$15 day of show
New Series Presented with WBGO’s Josh Jackson
The Checkout: Live From 92YTribeca – FEATURING DONNY MCCASLIN AND ADAM ROGERS’ DICE TRIO
Tenor Saxophonist Donny McCaslin began turning heads with his solo work in larger ensembles – first with Ken Schaphorst’s big band, then with the Maria Schneider Orchestra (where his performance on the album Concert In The Garden garnered McCaslin a GRAMMY nomination for “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” in 2004), and later in Dave Douglas’s quintet. Also on the bill is guitarist Adam Rogers performing with his experimental funk-rock trio DICE, featuring Fima Ephron on bass and Nate Smith on drums. Can’t join us in person? Listen live on WBGO 88.3 FM, or on www.npr.org/music.
MARCH
Wed, Mar 7, 12-1 pm, tickets from $18
ON ALAN LOMAX: THE MAN WHO RECORDED THE WORLD
Music producer Alan Lomax was best known for bringing legendary musicians including Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Muddy Waters and Burl Ives to the radio and introducing folk music to a mass audience. But he was as controversial as he was influential—trailed by the FBI for years and criticized for his folk-song-collecting practices. Music biographer John Szwed tells his remarkable story. Szwed is a professor of music and jazz studies at ColumbiaUniversity and the author of So What: The Life of Miles Davis and Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World.
Wed, Mar 28, 8pm doors, 9pm show, $12 adv/$15 day of show
New Series Presented with WBGO’s Josh Jackson
The Checkout: Live From 92YTribeca - featuring Alexis Cuadrado: A Lorca Soundscape / Manuel Valera & The New Cuban Express
92YTribeca is proud to present the New York premier of "A Lorca Soundscape," a new work by bassist-composer Alexis Cuadrado. Commissioned by Chamber Music America, “A Lorca Soundscape” reflects on Federico Garcia Lorca's 1930 book Poeta en Nueva York with a series of jazz pieces that use the poetry as lyrics. Poeta en Nueva York connects deeply with the current socioeconomic and political climate and Cuadrado's music, in turn, is a contemporary reflection on Lorca's themes and cityscape. Performing with Cuadrado are Claudia Acuña (vocals), Miguel Zenón (saxophone), Dan Tepfer (piano), and Mark Feber (drums). Also on the bill for the evening is pianist Manuel Valera and his band The New Cuban Express, which features a contemporary take on the music of Cuba as well as original compositions and arrangements from its members. Describing Valera’s sound, the New York Times says “postbop and classical romanticism are as integral to his vocabulary as Latin folk forms, and they all find natural expression in his music." The New Cuban Express is comprised of Valera (piano/bandleader), Yosvany Terry (saxophone), Eric Doob (drums), John Benitez (bass), Tom Guarna (guitar) and Mauricio Herrera (percussion).
Can’t join us in person? Listen live on WBGO 88.3 FM, or on www.npr.org/music.
About 92YTribeca:
92YTribeca is 92nd Street Y’s downtown arts and culture venue in New York City. Opened in October 2008, 92YTribeca presents music, comedy, film, theater, talks, classes, family events, and Jewish community and holiday programs in a versatile, street-level, modern space at 200 Hudson Street. In addition to the mainstage and screening room, the venue houses an art gallery, lounge, bar, café, seminar and meeting rooms, and free Wi-Fi around the space. With programs developed by a professional curatorial team in partnership with staff, local artists and arts organizations, new-media companies, fellow presenters, and community and cause-based organizations, 92YTribeca aims to engage a diverse community of young people from around the New York area with smart, relevant programming that encourages participation and conversation. For more information, visit www.92YTribeca.org.
92nd Street Y is a world-class nonprofit community and cultural center that connects people to the worlds of education, the arts, health and wellness, and Jewish life.
Nora Lyons, Publicist
92nd Street Y | 1395 Lexington Avenue | NYC | 10128 | www.92Y.org
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December 5, 2011
Contacts:
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Clifford the Big Red Dog™ -Live! Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 2pm At Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College |
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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College's 2011-2012 Target FamilyFun series continues with a brand new musical, Clifford the Big Red Dog™ -Live! starring Norman Bridwell's iconic children's character, the big red dog with a heart of gold. As Clifford's 50th anniversary draws near, Brooklyn Center invites families to join in the fun as he and his friends from Birdwell Island - Emily Elizabeth, Cleo and T-Bone - embark on an all new adventure.
Based on Bridwell's classic children's books, this charming production promises excitement for the entire family with memorable songs and creative choreography. Young audiences will be encouraged to sing along as they celebrate Clifford's big ideas: sharing, respect, cooperation, truthfulness, kindness, friendship, and helping others. Filled with timeless values, laughter, and entertainment, Clifford the Big Red Dog™ -Live! is sure to delight audiences of all ages.
About Clifford the Big Red Dog
Norman Bridwell's Clifford, the Big Red Dog was first published in 1963, establishing Scholastic Books as a premiere publishing company. Today, there are more than 126 million copies of the Clifford books in print worldwide, with translations into 13 different languages. Clifford's animated television series produced by Scholastic Studios now airs daily on PBS KIDS®, and has received 8 Emmy® nominations, The New York Film Festivals Gold World Medal, a Humanitas Award, and a TASH Award for Children's Animated Program. With home video adaptations, DVDs, interactive products, engaging online activities, and a museum exhibit tour, Clifford the Big Red Dog continues to have a positive impact on children both nationally and internationally. © Scholastic Inc. Clifford the Big Red Dog is a trademark of Norman Bridwell. All Rights Reserved.
About Norman Bridwell
Norman Bridwell's love for drawing began at an early age, but he "was never considered very good," he says. After high school, Bridwell studied at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis and moved to New York to attend Cooper Union.While working as a freelance filmstrip and slide illustrator, he began assembling a portfolio of cartoons for children's book illustrations. After visiting several publishers and being rejected, he stumbled across life-changing advice from a publisher at Harper & Row. She suggested that he create a storyline for one of his drawings, specifically pointing to one of a horse-sized bloodhound and a baby girl. Bridwell went on to create and publish the series known as Clifford the Big Red Dog with Scholastic Inc. "Sometimes you'll do something that you really like and no one else does," he says. "You'll feel terrible, but you've just got to press on and keep trying. If you like doing it and keep working at it, then someday you will succeed."
About Brooklyn Center's Target FamilyFun series
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College will once again partner with Target® to bring quality, affordable, and family friendly performing arts programming to the diverse cultural communities of Brooklyn. For the past 26 years, Brooklyn Center has presented weekend matinees specifically chosen for families with children ages four to twelve. Renamed the Target FamilyFun seriesin 2008, the series is designed to provide parents the opportunity to introduce their children to live music, theater and dance at affordable prices. Allseats for Brooklyn Center's 2011-2012 Target FamilyFun series are $7.00-$10.00.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' 2011-2012 Target FamilyFun series also includes:
- The children's musical group Hot Peas 'N Butter (January 29, 2012 at 2pm)
- Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (April 22, 2012 at 2pm)
- American Family Theater's Cinderella (May 20, 2012 at 2pm)
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' 2011-2012 Target FamilyFun series is sponsored by Target.
About Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
Founded in 1954, the mission of Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts is to present outstanding performing arts and arts education programs, reflective of Brooklyn's diverse communities, at affordable prices. Brooklyn Center's presentations explore both the classical traditions and the boldest contemporary performances, embracing the world culture that defines Brooklyn. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts welcomes over 70,000 people to the 2,400-seat Walt Whitman Theatre each season, and boasts one of the largest arts education programs in the borough, serving 46,000 schoolchildren from over 300 schools annually with its SchoolTime series. In recognition of its commitment to quality family programming, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts has been voted Brooklyn's Best Theater or Theater Group for Kids as part of Nickelodeon's 2009 Parents Connect Parents' Picks Awards. This award follows Brooklyn Center's selection as Brooklyn's Best Place for Family Bonding in 2008.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,750 stores in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary credit card products. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs; today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week. For more information about Target's commitment to corporate responsibility, visit target.com/hereforgood.
Clifford the Big Red Dog™ -Live!
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 2pm
Recommended for ages four and up
Tickets: $10
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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional support for the 2011-2012 season is provided by: Brooklyn College; Con Edison; Macy's Foundation; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; National Grid; TD Charitable Foundation; Kings Plaza Shopping Center; and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Additional support provided by CNG Publications and The Brooklyn Eagle. The Sheraton Brooklyn New York Hotel is the official hotel of Brooklyn Center's 2011-2012 season. Backstage catering is graciously provided by Applebee's.
Brooklyn Center gratefully acknowledges generous support from New York City Councilman Albert Vann and the Department of Youth & Community Development; New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn; and Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Kate Levin.
Daniel Hope Performs "A Celebration of Joseph Joachim" at Lincoln Center (Feb 12),
Then Leads Savannah Music Festival (March-April)
"Hope's relaxed manner is balanced by his burning commitment." - The Guardian
Violinist Daniel Hope rejoins his friends at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to perform "A Celebration of Joseph Joachim" on February 12 at Alice Tully Hall. Mirroring his acclaimed Deutsche Grammophon album of the same name, the program will present both rare and familiar works associated with Joachim, the great 19th-century virtuoso violinist-composer who was friend and collaborator to Brahms, Schumann, DvoĹ™ák, and Bruch. In March and April, Hope returns for his eighth season as Associate Artistic Director of the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia. He will lead programs ranging from the complete Brahms sonatas - with frequent piano partner Sebastian Knauer - to Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi with the German period instrument ensemble l'arte del mondo, as well as a number of chamber music concerts with colleagues from around the world. This activity comes just as Hope has renewed his contract as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon recording artist.
The Joachim program at Lincoln Center on February 12 will feature works by Brahms, Schumann, DvoĹ™ák, and Joachim himself. Hope performed a similar program at the Music@Menlo festival in California this past summer, alongside pianist and festival co-director Wu Han. The reviewer from the San Jose Mercury News exulted over the program and the performance: "The ecstasy began with Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, a work dedicated to Joachim. You can hear this piece countless times and still be stunned by its depths ... Hope grew up in England and lives in Hamburg, Germany - Brahms' hometown. And he has access to a certain brand of Romantic feeling; there's unbridled passion in his playing, balanced by old-fashioned dignity and even reserve. In the final movement, he and Wu Han played with an airy, rippling delicacy."
Britain's The Guardian newspaper offered nuanced praise for Hope's Joachim program at the Bath Mozartfest in November: "Hope's relaxed manner is balanced by burning commitment, for heart-on-sleeve read violin-on-shoulder, and his exploration of the great 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim through the composers he championed was immensely satisfying. In particular, Brahms' Sonata in G major Op 78 was invested with a richly burnished tone; the Hope and Knauer partnership is well-honed and their articulation of Brahms's profound sensibilities was instinctive and unselfconscious."
For his eighth season as Associate Artistic Director of the Savannah Music Festival (March 22-April 7), Hope will collaborate with some of the world's finest musicians, including piano legend Menahem Pressler, the orchestra l'arte del mondo, and violinist Lorenza Borrani (concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe). Hope's programing ranges far and wide: from German string masterpieces to French chamber gems; and from Bach, Vivaldi, Schumann, and DvoĹ™ák to a work by the 18th-century Prussian king, Frederick the Great - about whom Hope recently made a film for the ARTE TV Channel, featuring Christian Thielemann and Kristian Bezuidenhout. One of the festival's highlights will be Hope performing the complete Brahms violin sonatas with Sebastian Knauer on March 25.
Hope's spring schedule includes several European performances of Bruch's ever-beloved Violin Concerto No. 1, which he recorded for The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration of Joseph Joachim. Gramophone chose Hope's Bruch recording as the one to have in its "Gramophone Guide to the Essentials," while BBC Music said about his interpretation of the concerto, "Hope never takes this over-familiar score for granted and has imaginative things to say at every juncture." Among the glowing praise for The Romantic Violinist was Minnesota Public Radio's choice of the recording as one of its "must-have" discs of 2011.
Of Deutsche Grammophon's renewal of its exclusive contract with Hope, the company's president Frank Briegmann said: "Daniel is one of those classical artists with true star quality, one who also connects with people who may not yet have had much contact to classical music. This breath of fresh air, which he has also brought to Deutsche Grammophon, is what classical music needs to sustain and expand its audiences."
Hope had this to say about his relationship with the venerable German record company: "Since signing my first contract with DG in 2006, I have been privileged to plan and work with the Yellow Label on eight diverse recordings, including music composed in Theresienstadt, a Baroque journey, a tribute to Joseph Joachim, Michael Tippett's Triple Concerto and even a musical celebration of Frederick the Great. I am delighted that both my belief in the ‘concept album' and DG's unique support and encouragement have enabled me to make a very personal musical statement. My first recording under the new contract will be Hollywood Exiles, devoted to composers who fled the Nazis and settled in America. I look forward immensely to the continued work with my friends at DG and to recording a lot more music together!"
Performer, Writer, Broadcaster . . .
Born in South Africa, raised in Britain, and now residing in Vienna, violinist Daniel Hope has followed his muse from Bach to Berg and from Mendelssohn to Messiaen - not to mention his collaborations with the likes of Sting and Zakir Hussain. Recognizing Hope's intrepid talents, the UK's Observer called Hope "a natural heir" to Yehudi Menuhin. Hope plays the newly acquired 1742 "ex-LipiĹ„ski" Guarneri del Gesù violin. The instrument was once owned by and is named after Polish virtuoso Karol LipiĹ„ski (1790-1861), a friend and contemporary of Paganini and collaborator of Liszt, Chopin, and Schumann.
Hope's albums have been nominated for five Grammy Awards and he has won Germany's ECHO Klassik Record Prize five times. The New York Times has called Hope "a violinist of probing intellect and commanding style." Of Hope's East Meets West performance at the 92nd Street Y in October 2011, the New York Times said: "Mr. Hope was vivid in fast-moving plucks and laser-thin harmonics. The more dazzling the effects, the more responsive his playing."
When not performing or running the Savannah and Mecklenburg Festivals, Hope is an enthusiastic writer and broadcaster, and he keeps a wide-ranging video blog on his Web site: www.danielhope.com. Hope's v-blog has presented his discussions with the rock icon Sting (on the nexus of popular and classical music), mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter (on music composed in the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt), veteran conductor-scholar Christopher Hogwood (on Mendelssohn), and his "Tu Was!" (Do Something!) series of benefit concerts to help raise awareness for important issues such as the commemoration of holocaust victims and climate protection.
Hope doesn't just have a feel for new media; he has written three German-language books: the acclaimed family memoir-investigation Familienstücke (Family Album), a best-seller in Germany; Wann darf ich Klatschen? (When Do I Clap?), published also in Korean, Russian and Croatian; and Toi Toi Toi: Pannen & Katastrophen in der Musik (Break a Leg: Mishaps and Disasters in the World of Music). In March he will begin filming for a documentary about the Theresienstadt concentration camp, featuring Anne Sofie von Otter and Christian Gerhaher.
Daniel Hope - upcoming engagements
Feb 12: New York, NY
Alice Tully Hall
"A Celebration of Joseph Joachim"
Brahms: Scherzo from the "F-A-E "Sonata
Joachim: Romanze, Op. 2
Joachim: Sostenuto and Andante Cantabile form Hebrew Melodies, Op. 9
DvoĹ™ák: Selections from "Echo of Songs" for String Quartet, B. 152
Schumann: Finale from the "F-A-E" Sonata
Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances (arr. Joachim)
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Wu Han, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel, Erin Keefe
Feb 26: Vienna, Austria
Wiener Konzerthaus
Lecture & Music: "Toi, toi, toi"
Sebastian Knauer, piano
March 14: Berlin, Germany
Kammermusiksaal Philharmonie
"A Celebration of Joseph Joachim"
Brahms: Scherzo from the "F-A-E" Sonata
C. Schumann: Romanze No. 1, Op. 22
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Mendelssohn: Two Lieder ("Auf Flugeln des Gesanges," "Hexenlied")
Joachim: Romanze No. 1, Op. 2
Grieg: Sonata No. 3 in C minor
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Sebastian Knauer, piano
March 24: Savannah, Georgia
Telfair Academy
All-DvoĹ™ák program
Daniel Hope and Friends with Menahem Pressler, piano
March 25: Savannah, Georgia
Telfair Academy
The Brahms Violin Sonatas
Sebastian Knauer, piano
March 31: Savannah, Georgia
Telfair Academy
German string masterpieces: Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Strauss
Daniel Hope and Friends
April 1: Savannah, Georgia
Telfair Academy
Schumann and Brahms
Daniel Hope and Friends
April 3: Savannah, Georgia
Telfair Academy
A French soirée: Ravel, Fauré, Franck
Daniel Hope and Friends
April 4: Savannah, Georgia
Telfair Academy
Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi
Daniel Hope and l'arte del mondo
April 5: Savannah, Georgia
Telfair Academy
Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann
Daniel Hope and l'arte del mondo
April 6: Savannah, Georgia
Telfair Academy
Bach, Mozart, Frederick the Great
Daniel Hope and l'arte del mondo
April 15: Munster, Germany
Grosser Hörsaal Münster
"A Celebration of Joseph Joachim"
Brahms: Scherzo from the "F-A-E" Sonata
C. Schumann: Romanze No. 1, Op. 22
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Mendelssohn: Two Lieder ("Auf Flugeln des Gesanges," "Hexenlied")
Joachim: Romanze No. 1, Op. 2
Grieg: Sonata No. 3 in C minor
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Sebastian Knauer, piano
April 17: Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw Philharmonic Hall
"A Celebration of Joseph Joachim"
Brahms: Scherzo from the "F-A-E" Sonata
C. Schumann: Romanze No. 1, Op. 22
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Mendelssohn: Two Lieder ("Auf Flugeln des Gesanges," "Hexenlied")
Joachim: Romanze No. 1, Op. 2
Grieg: Sonata No. 3 in C minor
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Sebastian Knauer, piano
April 19: Sylt, Germany
Alter Kursaal am Rathausplatz, Westerland
Sylt Art Festival
Sebastian Knauer, piano
April 22: Vienna, Austria
Wiener Konzerthaus
Lecture & Music: "Toi, toi, toi"
Sebastian Knauer, piano
May 19: Grafenegg, Austria
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Tonkünstler Orchester/ Andrés Orozco-Estrada
May 20, 22: Vienna, Austria
Musikverein
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Tonkünstler Orchester/ Andrés Orozco-Estrada
May 21: St. Pölten, Austria
Festspielhaus
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Tonkünstler Orchester/ Andrés Orozco-Estrada
May 25: Cardiff, UK
St. David's Hall
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ François-Xavier Roth
May 26: Swansea, UK
Brangwyn Hall
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ François-Xavier Roth
June 1, 2: Berlin, Germany
Konzerthaus Berlin
El Khoury: War Concerto
Konzerthausorchester Berlin/ Cornelius Meister
June 5: Lugano, Switzerland
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana/ Juraj Valcuha
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Southwest Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra 3nd Annual
Music-Marathon
The Southwest Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra will hold a Music-Marathon, fundraising event on Saturday February 25th from 12pm-5pm at Gulfcoast Town Center on the stage in Market Plaza. The Music-Marathon is a five hour performance of continuous music performed by members of the Symphony’s Youth Orchestra, Sinfonietta and musicians from our professional Symphony Orchestra.
Music education is at the heart of the Southwest Florida Symphony’s mission and our plans for the future. One of the ways that we excite young people about music is through our educational programs such as the Youth Orchestra Program. The Youth Orchestra features over 90 of the finest young musicians in a three county area. It is an auditioned orchestra coached by professional musicians, led by the Symphony’s Music Director, Michael Hall. They rehearse weekly and perform in their own series.
The Youth Orchestra will perform in their own concert series on April 1 at First Presbyterian Church in Bonita Springs and on May 13 at Cypress Lake High School. You won’t want to miss these rare opportunities to showcase our talented young musicians.
Please consider making a contribution of a product or service for our prize drawings or silent auction for the Music Marathon. Your company name will be announced from the stage as a supporter of our event and printed in our concert programs. Donations will be accepted at the event or can be sent to: Southwest Florida Symphony, 12651 McGregor Blvd. Ste. 4-403, Fort Myers, FL 33919. For additional information on the Music-Marathon or the Youth Orchestra program contact the Symphony office at 418-0996 or visit us at www.swflso.org.
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PRESS CONTACTS: KEITH LOCKHART AND THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA RETURN TO ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM QUEEN’S BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY AT To listen to the Boston premiere of Travels in Time for Three with The Boston Pops will return to Carnegie Hall under the baton of conductor Keith Lockhart after a twelve-year absence on Thursday, March 8 at 8 p.m. The first performance by “America’s Orchestra” at Carnegie Hall since April 8, 2000, will kick off with Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide and Aaron Copland’s energizing and instantly recognizable Hoe Down from his cowboy ballet Rodeo. The genre-bending Time for Three will then join the orchestra for the New York premiere of Travels in Time for Three, a Chris Brubeck composition jointly commissioned by eight orchestras including the Boston Pops. In an interview with The ClevelandClassical.com about Travel in Time for Three, Brubeck said, “I feel like I am a tailor. If I am going to make a concerto suite it’s got to fit. I have to know what they like, what excites them. What was funny is that after we got tired of jamming it in a jazz style we decided to approach it from a classical music style, and all of a sudden it was like the guys had stepped through a musical portal and they were now playing in powdered wigs and waistcoats. But the piece is filled with that sort of thing where they are in one style and then suddenly they are yanked into another time zone. Three hundred years ahead and then three hundred years back and up into the mountains.” The second half of the Boston Pops’s Carnegie Hall performance will feature a tribute to jazz icon Benny Goodman, headlined by Thomas Martin, principal clarinet of the Boston Pops. This set will include some of the King of Swing’s most unforgettable tunes such as Let’s Dance, Avalon, and Sing, Sing, Sing. The Boston Pops will also perform a rendition of Freddie Mercury’s iconic rock song Bohemian Rhapsody, before inviting the audience to join the Pops in “A Cinematic Sing-Along” including Moon River, Over the Rainbow, and Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head. Tickets, ranging from $21 to $124 may be purchased online at www.carnegiehall.org, or by calling CarnegieCharge, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, at 212-247-7800. The Boston Pops first performed at Carnegie Hall on April 6, 1972 as part of the Hall’s 80th anniversary celebrations. This concert also marked the orchestra’s New York City debut, and the orchestra has made many visits since. Keith Lockhart has led “America’s Orchestra” at Carnegie Hall only twice before; once during the conductor’s own Carnegie Hall debut on October 11, 1996, and most recently on April 8, 2000. In addition to the Boston Pops concert on March 8, the Boston Symphony Orchestra will present three programs at Carnegie Hall on March 6, 7, and 9, under the batons of Kurt Masur, Christoph Eschenbach, and Stéphane Denève. Photos and full bios of the Boston Pops Carnegie Hall guest artists may be downloaded by clicking here. Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops Conductor About the Boston Pops Thomas Martin, Principal and E-flat Clarinet, Boston Pops Orchestra Time for Three |
![[Keith Lockhart]](http://bso.http.internapcdn.net/bso/images/press/KeithLockhart1.jpg)
Keith
Lockhart became the twentieth conductor of the Boston Pops in 1995,
adding his artistic vision to the Pops tradition established by his
predecessors John Williams and Arthur Fiedler. During his
seventeen-year tenure, he has conducted more than 1,300 Boston Pops
concerts. Under his leadership, the Boston Pops has commissioned
several new works—including The Dream Lives On, a tribute to
the Kennedy brothers, which was premiered in May 2010 during the 125th
anniversary season—and dozens of new arrangements. Mr. Lockhart has
worked with artists from virtually every
corner of the entertainment world. Audiences love his inimitable
style, expressed not only through his consummate music-making, but also
by his unique ability to speak directly to the audience about the
music to which he feels so passionately committed. He and the Boston
Pops have released four self-produced recordings—Sleigh Ride, America, Oscar & Tony, and The Red Sox Album.
They have also recorded eight albums with RCA Victor. Keith Lockhart
has made 71 television shows with the Boston Pops, including the annual
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular,
broadcast nationally on CBS Television. He has also led many Holiday
Pops telecasts, as well as 38 new programs for PBS’s Evening at Pops (1970-2004). He has led the Boston Pops on 35 national tours, as well
as performances at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall, and brought
the music of “America’s Orchestra” overseas in four tours of Japan and
Korea. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Keith Lockhart began his musical
studies with piano lessons at the age of seven. He holds degrees from
Furman University in Greenville,
S.C., and Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and has previously
served as associate conductor of both the Cincinnati Symphony and
Cincinnati Pops orchestras. In addition to guest conducting appearances
in the United States and abroad, he holds the titles of principal
conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra and artistic director of the
Brevard Music Center Summer Institute in North Carolina. He was music
director of the Utah Symphony from 1998 to 2009, leading that orchestra
in performances at the 2002 Olympic Games. Visit keithlockhart.com for
further information.![[Thomas Martin]](http://bso.http.internapcdn.net/bso/images/press/thomasmartin.jpg)
Thomas
Martin is associate principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra and principal clarinetist of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Mr.
Martin began his professional music career as a clarinetist,
saxophonist, and flutist at age thirteen, performing with several big
bands and combos in his native Wisconsin. He later attended the Eastman
School of Music in Rochester, New York, where his clarinet studies were
with Stanley Hasty and former Boston Symphony
clarinetist Peter Hadcock. Through his association with the Boston
Symphony and Boston Pops, Mr. Martin has worked with most of the
world’s leading conductors, soloists, and entertainers. Outside of
these two orchestras, he maintains an active schedule as a soloist,
chamber musician, and teacher. He appeared as soloist in a 1997 Evening at Pops televised performance of the Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto. His
performance of the east coast premiere of
Elliott Carter’s Clarinet Concerto at the Tanglewood Music Festival in
1998 was highly praised. He played that work again in 2008 as part of
Tanglewood’s Carter Centenary Celebration. He gave the American
premiere of Carter’s Poems of Louis Zukofsky with soprano Lucy
Shelton as part of the 2009 Festival of Contemporary Music at
Tanglewood. That same week, Mr. Martin was soloist with the Boston Pops
in a 100th-anniversary
tribute to Benny Goodman. In May 2010 Mr. Martin performed at the
Prague Spring Music Festival where he gave the premiere of a new
clarinet sonata composed for him by André Previn, with the composer at
the piano. Most recently Mr. Previn has composed a clarinet quintet for
Mr. Martin and the Hawthorne String Quartet. This new work received
its world premiere in Boston’s Symphony Hall in November 2011. ![[Time for Three]](http://bso.http.internapcdn.net/bso/images/press/timeforthree1.jpg)
Time
for Three—Zachary (Zach) De Pue, violin; Nicolas (Nick) Kendall,
violin; and Ranaan Meyer, double bass—transcends traditional
classification, blending elements of classical, country western, gypsy,
and jazz idioms. What started as a trio of musicians who played
together for fun while students at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute for
Music evolved into Time for Three (Tf3). Tf3 enjoyed a close
affiliation for the first few years with Astral Artists, which also
presented the group in performance. Instant attention came in July 2003
during a lightning-induced power failure at Philadelphia’s
Mann Center for the Performing Arts. While technicians attempted to
restore onstage lighting, Ranaan and Zach, who were both performing
with The Philadelphia Orchestra, played an impromptu jam session to the
delight of the audience. Since then, Tf3 has had diverse engagements
in the United States and Europe. The 2011-12 season includes a
residency at Princeton University, appearances with the Boston Pops, and
their first tour of South America. Tf3 performs its own arrangements
of traditional repertoire as well as Ranaan Meyer’s original
compositions. In 2009 the
group began a three-year residency with the Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra, and in January 2010, released its first commercial CD, Three Fervent Travelers, on the E1 label. That recording followed the group’s first two self-produced CDs, Time for Three and We Just Burned This For You! The ensemble’s major commissioning program has included Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto 4-3, premiered with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach, and Chris Brubeck’s Travels in Time for Three,
co-commissioned by the Boston Pops, the Youngstown Symphony, and eight
other orchestras. Next in the
series, scheduled for 2013, is a new William Bolcom work, commissioned
by the Indianapolis Symphony. The trio’s outreach to younger audiences
has included annual visits to Paul Newman’s Hole In The Wall Gang Camp;
residencies at the Kennedy Center; Carnegie Hall’s Family Concerts;
and impromptu music-making with students. Time for Three has been seen
and heard frequently on public television and NPR; was featured in a
documentary about Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square directed by Robert
Downey, Sr.; and recorded the soundtrack to the History Channel’s The Spanish-American War. BSO | 301 Massachusetts Avenue | Symphony Hall | Boston, MA 02115 |
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PROJECT TRIO BRINGS ECLECTIC ORIGINALITY TO
AARON COPLAND'S APPALACHIAN SPRING AT
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA'S FAMILY CONCERT,
WHICH ALSO FEATURES "INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO"
AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
Performance Marks Conductor Jacomo Bairos' LACO Debut as well as
PROJECT Trio's Debut as LACO Family Concerts Artists-in-Residence
Sunday, February 26, 2012, at Alex Theatre
1 PM - "Instrument Petting Zoo"
2 PM - Performance
It will be anything but music as usual when the electrifying Brooklyn-based ensemble PROJECT Trio joins the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and guest conductor Jacomo Bairos for the first of LACO's 2012 Family Concerts series on Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2 pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. PROJECT Trio, with its wildly eclectic mix of jazz, hip-hop and rock sounds and appearances on Nickelodeon and MTV, performs a high-octane twist on Copland's Appalachian Spring and other original works in its debut as LACO's Family Concerts artists-in-residence for the next three seasons. Bairos, who enjoys an international career as a conductor and educator, makes his LACO debut with this performance.
PROJECT Trio, with more than 66 million views and 75,000 subscribers on its YouTube channel, has been described as having "the fire and refinement of the finest classical chamber ensembles with the stage presence and energy of rock stars," and was hailed by Downbeat Magazine as "packed with musicianship, joy and surprise!" Dedicated to engaging today's younger audiences, PROJECT Trio is comprised of Greg Pattillo, flute, Eric Stephenson, cello, and Peter Seymour, bass, and performs to enthusiastic audiences of all ages in concert halls, among them Carnegie Hall, clubs and classrooms around the world.
LACO Family Concerts, recommended for ages 5 to 105, are designed for children with little or no previous musical experience and include a performance prefaced by creative activities to amuse, enrich and engage them including an "Instrument Petting Zoo," where youngsters handle and play brass, woodwind and string instruments with the assistance of students from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music; crafts with Kidspace Children's Museum; dance-circles with the YMCA Glendale; and "create your own box harp" with the Autry Museum of the American West. Two additional LACO Family Concerts this season take place on Sunday, April 1 ("Fool for Dance") and Sunday, May 6 ("Mozart & Me").
Subscriptions, including all three concerts, are available at $51 and $30. Tickets for individual concerts are priced at $12 and $20. Both may be purchased online at laco.org or by calling LACO at 213 622 7001. Tickets to individual concerts will also be available at the venue box office on the day of the concert, if tickets remain. Discounted tickets are available by phone for groups of 12 or more.
PROJECT Trio - Greg Pattillo, flute, Eric Stephenson, cello, and Peter Seymour, bass - pushes the boundaries of classical music with a high octane mix of jazz, hip-hop, and rock. The Trio performs to enthusiastic audiences of all ages in concert halls, clubs, and classrooms around the world. The Trio, now in its fifth year, is drawing new audiences to classical music and reinvigorating existing fans of chamber music through their innovative performances, recordings, and their YouTube channel, which has over 66 million views and 75,000 subscribers, making PROJECT Trio one of the most watched instrumental ensembles on the Internet. The Trio, which performs over 70 concerts a year, made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2010. In addition to their extensive performing schedule, the Trio is dedicated to arts education, inspiring a whole new generation of concert going music lovers. Highlights of the Trio's 2011- 12 season feature concerts with the St. Louis Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Charlotte Symphony, tours of Austria, France, Germany, and performances in cities throughout the US, including Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Los Angeles, and New York. Recent performances include the premiere of one of their original works for trio and orchestra with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and tours to Australia and Hong Kong. In 2008, PROJECT Trio launched Harmonyville Records, their own record label and publishing company. Since then, the Trio has produced three full-length recordings, a live DVD, and full library of music for the ensemble. Each of PROJECT Trio's recordings soared to the top of the iTunes charts upon their release. Their most recent disc, Project Trio, was acclaimed by Jazz Review as "a glorious celebration of the music of our time." Their debut CD, Winter in June, showcases the versatility of PROJECT Trio, with 12 original compositions from classical to jazz, hip-hop to experimental acoustic sounds. Their follow up disc Brooklyn, collects well known staples from their live show, with covers and originals and even complete overhauls from the likes of Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Theolonius Monk, JS Bach and Tchaikovsky, along with their own Brooklyn Suite, a collection of tone poems from the world they are surrounded by in the city of Brooklyn. Dedicated to engaging today's younger audiences, PROJECT Trio has performed and led workshops for over 100,000 students on three continents, including over 35 states in the US. Their educational programs are adapted to meet the National Standards for Music Education, with specialized curricula for age groups from elementary students through college. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Pattillo, Stephenson and Seymour met while students at the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music, where each were pursuing classical orchestral careers. The Trio was founded in Boulder, Colorado in the summer of 2005, forged out of a collective love of performing high energy, top quality music to enthusiastic audiences. At first, the group came up with the idea to do one week "projects" in different cities around the US, with each project including education/community outreach events and concerts of classical works and their own music. PROJECT Trio has since become one of the world's most championed instrumental ensembles.
Portuguese-American JACOMO RAFAEL BAIROS enjoys an international career as a conductor and educator. As associate conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, he conducts subscription concerts throughout the season and, in addition to conducting the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's family, community and education concerts, he is responsible for programming. Highlights of the 2011-12 season include a debut with the Atlanta Symphony, concerts at the Cabrillo Music Festival, and reengagements with the Iceland Symphony. He also serves as a cover conductor for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Past performances include the Malaysia Philharmonic (MPO), Singapore Symphony (SSO), the National Orchestra of Porto Portugal (ONP), and Bangor Symphony among others. Bairos served as assistant-rehearsal conductor for the Baltimore Opera Company and was a cover-conductor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducting in rehearsals for Marin Alsop and working with numerous guest conductors. Passionately dedicated to education, and community engagement, Bairos has developed unique and interactive youth concerts that reach thousands of children across North and South Carolina. Internationally he conducted concerts for 2,300 children across Portugal with the ONP and served as music director for the 2010 National Youth Orchestra Festival of Portugal. As former director of orchestras with the renowned Baltimore School for the Arts (BSFA), he worked closely with the Baltimore Symphony's "OrchKids", BSFA "Twiggs", and Peabody's "Tuned In" programs, creating side-by-sides and education workshops for children in underserved urban communities. He also created programs for the SSO's Outreach department taking music into the community. During his two-year tenure as Artistic Director and Host of the SSO Chamber Music Series, he was able to double attendance and create multiple partnerships with local arts organizations. Discovered while attending the International Conductors Workshop 2007 in Zlin, Czech Republic, he subsequently was invited by eminent teacher Gustav Meier to be his student at the Peabody Conservatory. While a student, he was appointed conducting assistant for illustrious faculty members Leon Fleisher and Edward Polochik. A 2010 fellow with the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, he was also semi-finalist for both the Sir George Solti International Conductors Competition (2010) and Eduardo Mata Conductors Competition (2009). As an orchestral tubist, Bairos has given master classes and performed with festivals in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, China, Singapore, and in the United States. He has performed, toured and recorded for Telarc with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, and the Seattle Symphony and Opera. He has held principal positions with orchestras in America, Spain, Tenerife, China, and most recently held a principal post with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. His primary conducting mentors are Gustav Meier and Robert Spano, and he has also studied with Marin Alsop, Jorma Punula, Leon Fleisher, Edward Polochick, Hugh Wolff, Markand Thakar, Murry Sidlin, Hans Graf and Larry Rachleff.
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (LACO), proclaimed "America's finest chamber orchestra" by Public Radio International, has established itself among the world's top musical ensembles. Since 1997, LACO has performed under the baton of acclaimed conductor and pianist Jeffrey Kahane, hailed by critics as "visionary" and "a conductor of uncommon intellect, insight and musical integrity" with "undeniable charisma." Under Kahane's leadership, the Orchestra maintains its status as a preeminent interpreter of historical masterworks and a champion of contemporary composers. During its 43-year history, the Orchestra has made 30 recordings, toured Europe, South America and Japan, performed across North America, earning adulation from audiences and critics alike, and garnered seven ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, LACO presents seven Orchestral Series concerts at both Glendale's Alex Theatre and UCLA's Royce Hall, five Baroque Conversations concerts at downtown Los Angeles' Zipper Concert Hall, three Westside Connections chamber music concerts at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, three Family Concerts at the Alex Theatre and an annual Discover concert at Pasadena's Ambassador Auditorium. In addition, LACO presents a Concert Gala, an annual Silent Film screening at Royce Hall and several fundraising salons each year. LACO was founded in 1968.
EDITORS PLEASE NOTE:
EVENT:
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Family Concert: PROJECT Trio's Appalachian Spring
Jacomo Bairos, conductor
PROJECT Trio (Greg Pattillo, flute, Eric Stephenson, cello, and Peter Seymour, bass)
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
WHEN:
Sunday, February 26, 2012
1 pm - Pre-concert activities, including LACO's "Instrument Petting Zoo" with students of the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, crafts with Kidspace Children's Museum, dance-circles with the YMCA Glendale, and "create your own box harp" with the Autry Museum of the American West;
2 pm - Performance
WHERE:
Alex Theatre
216 N. Brand Boulevard
Glendale, 91203
PROGRAM:
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
PROJECT Trio Original works
TICKET PRICES:
Tickets for individual concerts: $12-$20
Subscriptions including tickets to all three Family Concerts, February 26, April 1 & May 6, available at $51 and $30.
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets available online at laco.org, by phone 213 622 7001 or by fax 213 626 2157
Tickets also on sale at the theatre box office the day of the concert, if available
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02/02/12
PRESS CONTACTS:
Laura Stegman, (310) 470-6321, [email protected]
Libby Huebner, (562) 799-6055, [email protected]
A NOISE WITHIN CELEBRATES DONORS
WITH TWO SPECIAL EVENTS
AT NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART PASADENA THEATRE
Name-A-Seat Donors Invited to "Preview Your Seat" Brunch
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 11 AM
"Donor Appreciation Dinner" Fetes Campaign Founders
Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7 PM
Critically Acclaimed Theatre Company has
Raised $13.1 Million of $13.5 Million Capital Campaign
Numerous Funding Opportunities Still Available
As A Noise Within (ANW) prepares to launch the first set of spring productions in its new 33,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art venue in Pasadena, the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company announces two special parties to thank donors who have helped make its dazzling permanent home a reality.
The first, a festive brunch at which "Name A Seat" contributors have the opportunity to preview "their" seat, is set for Saturday, March 17, 2012, 11 am. Each donor is recognized with a plaque affixed to the seat in perpetuity.
On Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7 pm, ANW fetes major donors of $10,000 or more at an exclusive "Campaign Founders Donor Appreciation Dinner." Held on stage with company Founders/Artistic Directors Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott, the intimate event includes a sumptuous sit-down meal, performances by some of the company's resident artists and other special entertainment.
A range of special funding opportunities is still available to anyone wishing to make a first-time or additional gift in support to the celebrated theatre company. Among them, 120 of the theatre's seats are still available for naming. Naming rights for the theatre's lobby at $1,000,000, Classics Live! Learning Resource Center at $750,000 and historic gardens at $500,000, are also available. New donors and current donors who wish to increase their support of ANW are eligible to attend the special events, based on the level of their participation, for gifts received by March 1 for the Name A Seat event and May 1 for the Founders event.
To date, ANW has raised $13.1 million of its $13.5 million capital campaign through more than 1,500 individual, corporate gifts and foundation grants.
"We are honored to thank face to face those who have made A Noise Within's spectacular new theatre possible," says Elliott.
Adds Rodriguez-Elliott, "Every single gift supports the vision of creating A Noise Within's permanent home, and we are looking forward to celebrating this true community effort with our supporters."
A Noise Within (ANW) is the only year-round classical repertory company in Southern California and one of only a handful in the entire country dedicated solely to producing classical dramatic literature in the repertory tradition of rotating productions with a resident company of professional artists. The 2011-12 season marks A Noise Within's 20th Anniversary and its first in the new theatre, reflecting ANW's commitment to bringing the classics to the broadest possible audience. The new venue features substantially more space than its former Glendale theatre, allowing A Noise Within to meet demand for tickets by allowing annual audience capacity to increase from 25,000 to 50,000 people. The company's highly regarded education program will be able to double to 20,000 the number of students served each year. Together, this allows A Noise Within to expand its role as a leader in the presentation and preservation of classical theatre.
A NOISE WITHIN is located on the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Sierra Madre Villa Avenue at 3352 East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107. To learn more about ANW or make a donation, please call (626) 356-3103 or visit www.ANoiseWithin.org.
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02/01/12
PRESS CONTACTS:
Lisa Jaehnig, Shuman Associates, (212) 315-1300 • [email protected]
Gwen Pappas, Minnesota Orchestra (612) 371-5628 • [email protected]
Sandi Brown, Minnesota Orchestra, 612) 371-5641 • [email protected]
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES PLANS
FOR 2012-13 CLASSICAL SEASON
TO BE HELD AT THE AUDITORIUM OF THE MINNEAPOLISCONVENTION CENTER
Music Director Osmo Vänskä leads his tenth season with the Orchestra,
held primarily at the Auditorium of the MinneapolisConvention Center while Orchestra Hall undergoes renovation
Season highlights include Orchestra's first-ever Clarinet Festival; concerto performances by Concertmaster Erin Keefe and former Concertmaster Jorja Fleezanis; a program including all six of Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos; season finale concerts of Sibelius and DvoĹ™ák symphonies
Guests include violinists Leila Josefowicz and Karen Gomyo; violist Roberto Díaz; cellist Alban Gerhardt;
clarinetists Martin Fröst, Anat Cohen and Evan Christopher; pianists Garrick Ohlsson,
Michael McHale, Simon TrpÄŤeski, Jonathan Biss and Yevgeny Sudbin; organist Mark Sedio and
soprano Susan Bullock; Orchestra member Anthony Ross also appears as soloist
Orchestra continues Common Chords project with week-long festival in Bemidji
Select concerts performed at CentralLutheranChurch and Ted Mann Concert Hall;
renovated Orchestra Hall to re-open in summer 2013
February 3, 2012 -- Music Director Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra today unveiled plans for their tenth season together, running from October 2012 to June 2013 and held primarily at the Auditorium of the Minneapolis Convention Center, while the Orchestra's home venue, Orchestra Hall, closes temporarily for a major renovation due for completion in summer 2013. Highlights of the season include a two-week Clarinet Festival-the Orchestra's first ever-featuring an array of classical and jazz clarinetists that includes Mr. Vänskä himself, who trades his conductor's baton for a clarinet in a Mozart serenade; concerto solos by current Concertmaster Erin Keefe and her predecessor Jorja Fleezanis, the latter in her first solo appearance with the Orchestra since retiring from the ensemble in 2009; a rare complete performance of one of Bach's crowning achievements, all six Brandenburg Concertos; and season finale concerts featuring three powerful symphonies-Sibelius' Third and Sixth, and DvoĹ™ák's New World Symphony.
The season will feature solo turns by acclaimed guest soloists including Grammy-winning pianist Garrick Ohlsson, Grammy-nominated violinist Leila Josefowicz, Swedish clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst, English soprano Susan Bullock and Russian-born Yevgeny Sudbin, who makes his sixth annual piano concerto appearance; a concerto solo by the Orchestra's Principal Cello Anthony Ross; visits by guest conductors including Gilbert Varga, Mark Wigglesworth, Hannu Lintu and Matthew Halls, who leads two weeks of concerts; and programs led by members of the Orchestra's artistic conducting roster including Conductor Laureate Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Sommerfest Artistic Director Andrew Litton, Associate Conductor Courtney Lewis and Principal Conductor of Pops and Presentations Sarah Hicks.
Mr. Vänskä and the Orchestra will launch the ensemble's 110th season on Thursday, October 18, 2012, with a program that includes Elgar's Enigma Variations as well as Rachmaninoff's virtuosic Third Piano Concerto, the latter performed by Garrick Ohlsson, a regular collaborator with the Orchestra since 1971. Mr. Vänskä will lead nine subscription programs, concluding with May and June 2013 performances of Sibelius and DvoĹ™ák symphonies.
The Orchestra will continue its innovative Common Chords outreach project with a week-long festival in Bemidji, Minnesota, in April 2013. Common Chords creates partnerships between the Orchestra and participating Minnesota cities, with each relationship culminating in a celebratory festival week that features performances and dozens of activities that reflect the interests, diversity and heritage of each community. Common Chords launched in Grand Rapids in October 2011 and will continue in Willmar in May 2012.
Continuing a longtime partnership with Minnesota Public Radio, the Orchestra's Friday evening classical concerts will be broadcast regionally on MPR stations. The Orchestra's concerts are also featured in American Public Media's national programs, Performance Today and SymphonyCast.
The Orchestra will again offer its popular Young People's Concert series during 2012-13 with many concerts held at the Convention Center Auditorium.
Although the Orchestra will not hold recording sessions at the Convention Center Auditorium, it will continue recording the complete Sibelius symphonies and Beethoven piano concertos, with recording sessions slated for Orchestra Hall in June 2012 and September 2013.
Besides concerts at the Convention Center-located at 1301 Second Avenue South in downtown Minneapolis, a few blocks from Orchestra Hall and connected to the skyway system-the Orchestra will offer select performances at Minneapolis' Central Lutheran Church and Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota. The Auditorium of the Convention Center is comparable in size to the Orchestra Hall auditorium, holding about 2,150 in its main seating area. The grand re-opening of the renovated Orchestra Hall is scheduled for summer 2013.
2012-13 SEASON AT A GLANCE
· Osmo Vänskä and Sarah Hicks lead two-week Clarinet Festival
From November 9 to 17, the Orchestra will present a Clarinet Festival that spans its classical and pops series. Osmo Vänskä will conduct concerts featuring soloist Martin Fröst in Copland's Clarinet Concerto and Anders Hillborg's Peacock Tales, a work for which Fröst will serve both as clarinetist and dancer. On the same program, Mr. Vänskä will pick up his clarinet and join Orchestra members in performing Mozart's Serenade No. 11. Earlier in the Festival, Sarah Hicks will lead the Orchestra in concerts that feature soloists Anat Cohen and Evan Christopher and the Grammy-winning klezmer band The Klezmatics. The Duke Ellington Orchestra will also perform a concert-without the Minnesota Orchestra-as part of the Festival.
· Baroque music, piano concertos of Rachmaninoff, Mozart among season's highlights
In December 2012, English conductor Matthew Halls makes his Minnesota Orchestra debut, leading two weeks of concerts that feature some of the Baroque era's greatest masterpieces. In the first week, for only the fourth time in its history, the Orchestra will perform all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos on one program. The following week, the Orchestra presents Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah, with vocal soloists including soprano Lucy Crowe, countertenor Daniel Taylor and tenor Thomas Cooley.
Additional season highlights include performances of three Mozart concertos-the Fifth Violin Concerto (Turkish) and Piano Concertos No. 13 and 20-and two of Rachmaninoff's four piano concertos, the Second and Third. The season's offerings in the symphony genre include two each by Prokofiev (Nos. 5 and 7), DvoĹ™ák (Nos. 7 and 9, New World) and Sibelius (Nos. 3 and 6); Beethoven's Third (Eroica), one of the first great works of his middle period; two symphonies composed in the wake of World War II, Shostakovich's Tenth and Vaughan Williams' Sixth; and a rarely performed gem, Mozart's First Symphony, written when the composer was just 8 years old.
· Skrowaczewski and Litton return to the conductor's podium
Conductor Laureate Stanislaw Skrowaczewski will return to Orchestra Hall in April 2013 for his 53rd consecutive season of conducting Minnesota Orchestra subscription concerts. Renowned internationally as a composer as well as a conductor, Mr. Skrowaczewski-the Orchestra's music director from 1960 to 1979-will conduct Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Concertmaster Erin Keefe and a symphonic compilation of selections from Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde, arranged by Dutch composer Henk de Vlieger.
Sommerfest Artistic Director Andrew Litton, marking his 11th season on the Orchestra's artistic roster, will return for his annual appearance on the Orchestra's subscription series in November and December 2012. His concerts will include Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, played by Macedonia's Simon TrpÄŤeski, as well as Prokofiev's Seventh Symphony and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite.
· Orchestra musicians Erin Keefe and Anthony Ross in the spotlight
During the 2012-13 season, Concertmaster Erin Keefe and Principal Cello Anthony Ross will be featured as concerto soloists. Ms. Keefe, making her concerto solo debut on the subscription series, performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in April, while Principal Cello Anthony Ross offers DvoĹ™ák's Cello Concerto in October. In addition, multiple soloists from the Orchestra will be featured in December performances of Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos.
· Minnesota Orchestra debuts
Several guest artists will make their first solo appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra during the 2012-13 season, including Northern Irish pianist Michael McHale, who plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 (November); Macedonian pianist Simon TrpÄŤeski, who performs Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto (November/December); English conductor Matthew Halls, who will conduct the Bach Brandenburg Concertos and Handel's Messiah (December); British soprano Lucy Crowe and Canadian countertenor Daniel Taylor, both soloists in Handel's Messiah; Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu and German cellist Alban Gerhardt, who collaborate in performances of the Elgar Cello Concerto (February); British soprano and Wagner specialist Susan Bullock, performing Strauss' Four Last Songs and selections from Wagner's opera Götterdämmerung (March); and organist Mark Sedio, a nationally renowned musician who is director of music at Minneapolis' Central Lutheran Church, where he will perform in Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony (May).
· Returning guest artists and conductors
During the 2012-13 season, the Orchestra will welcome back eight guest soloists, including violinists Jorja Fleezanis, Karen Gomyo and Leila Josefowicz; violist Roberto Díaz; pianists Garrick Ohlsson, Yevgeny Sudbin and Jonathan Biss; clarinetist Martin Fröst; and tenor Thomas Cooley.
Guest conductors returning to Minnesota during 2012-13 are Sommerfest Artistic Director Andrew Litton, Conductor Laureate Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Gilbert Varga and Mark Wigglesworth, who will lead two weeks of concerts. In addition, the Orchestra's Associate Conductor Courtney Lewis leads a week of concerts.
The Minnesota Chorale, the Orchestra's principal chorus, will collaborate twice with the Orchestra in 2012-13: in performances of Adams' Harmonium (October) and Handel's Messiah (December).
· Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute
The Minnesota Orchestra and American Composers Forum, in cooperation with New Music USA, will present the 12th annual Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute from January 7 to 12, 2013. Directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis, the Institute offers emerging composers an intensive week-long immersion in the world of the American symphony orchestra. At the week's end, the participating composers' works will be performed in a public "Future Classics" concert on January 11, 2013, held at Ted Mann Concert Hall and conducted by Osmo Vänskä.
· About the Auditorium of the MinneapolisConvention Center
The MinneapolisConvention Center is notable for much more than boat and home-and-garden shows: it is also home to a beautiful performance space, the Auditorium, which is about the same size as Orchestra Hall and has excellent amenities. For the Orchestra's classical concerts, a shell will be used to modify acoustics as appropriate for a symphonic experience. The Convention Center is located in downtown Minneapolis, just a few blocks from Orchestra Hall, so it is accessible to all the same parking options and skyway connections already familiar to Orchestra Hall visitors.
Subscription packages for the 2012-13 classical season are available beginning February 7, 2012, to renewing and new subscribers.
Individual tickets are available starting on July 27, 2012 (fall/holiday concerts), and on September 7, 2012 (winter/spring concerts).
Tickets can be purchased online, by phone or in person at the Minnesota Orchestra Box Office at 11th and Marquette in Minneapolis.
For more information, call (612) 371-5656 or (800) 292-4141, or visit minnesotaorchestra.org/subscribe.
All programs, artists, dates, times and prices subject to change.
Delta Air Lines is the official airline of the Minnesota Orchestra's 2012-13 season.
The Star Tribune and 830 WCCO-AM are the Minnesota Orchestra's media partners for the 2012-13 season.
This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation
by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State's general fund and its arts and cultural heritage fund
with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
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2012-13 Classical and Pops Season Calendar
As Orchestra Hall undergoes a renovation during the 2012-13 season,
Concerts will be performed at the following locations in Minneapolis:
Auditorium at the Minneapolis Convention Center
Central Lutheran Church
Ted Mann Concert Hall
See individual listings below for venue.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
OHLSSON PLAYS RACHMANINOFF
Thursday, October 18, 2012, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, October 19, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, October 20, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
ELGAR Enigma Variations
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
RESPIGHI The Fountains of Rome
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
DVOĹÁK'S CELLO CONCERTO
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, October 26, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, October 27, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Anthony Ross, cello
Minnesota Chorale
DVOĹÁK Cello Concerto
ADAMS Harmonium
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
MOZART AND SCHUMANN
Thursday, November 1, 2012, 7:30 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, November 2, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Courtney Lewis, conductor
Michael McHale, piano
FAURÉ Pelleas and Melisande Suite
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
U.S. Bank Pops Season
Clarinet Festival
ANAT COHEN AND EVAN CHRISTOPHER
with the Minnesota Orchestra
Friday, November 9, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Anat Cohen, clarinet
Evan Christopher, clarinet
Renowned clarinetists Anat Cohen and Evan Christopher launch a two-week series of spectacular concerts celebrating all things clarinet.
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U.S. Bank Pops Season
Clarinet Festival
THE KLEZMATICS
with the Minnesota Orchestra
and special guest Anat Cohen
Saturday, November 10, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks conductor
The Klezmatics
Anat Cohen, clarinet
The second concert of the Orchestra's first-ever Clarinet Festival features Grammy-winning klezmer superstars the Klezmatics and Israeli-born clarinetist Anat Cohen.
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U.S. Bank Pops Season
Clarinet Festival
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA
with special guest EVAN CHRISTOPHER, clarinet
Sunday, November 11, 2012, 2 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
The Clarinet Festival continues with an afternoon of legendary jazz standards celebrating the role of the clarinet, including such timeless hits as "Take the A-Train," "Satin Doll" and "Lush Life." [Please note: the Minnesota Orchestra does not perform on this program.]
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Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
Clarinet Festival
MARTIN FRÖST PLAYS COPLAND
with the Minnesota Orchestra
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 7:30 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, November 16, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, November 17, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor and clarinet
Martin Fröst, clarinet
MOZART Serenade No. 11
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto
HILLBORG Peacock Tales
BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin
In these Clarinet Festival performances, Music Director Osmo Vänskä will trade his baton for a clarinet in the opening Mozart Serenade.
U.S. Bank Pops Season
THE MATRIX LIVE
with the Minnesota Orchestra
Friday, November 23, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, November 24, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Donald R. Davis, conductor
The Minnesota Orchestra performs the orchestral soundtrack to The Matrix live as the full-length theatrical version of the Oscar-winning film is screened.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
RACHMANINOFF'S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2
Friday, November 30, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, December 1, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Simon TrpÄŤeski, piano
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 7
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919)
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
A BAROQUE HOLIDAY
BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS AT CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 11 a.m. / Central Lutheran Church
Friday, December 7, 2012, 8 p.m. / Central Lutheran Church
Saturday, December 8, 2012, 8 p.m. / Central Lutheran Church
Minnesota Orchestra
Matthew Halls, conductor and harpsichord
BACH Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-6 (complete)
Holiday Concerts
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Thursday, December 13, 2012, 7:30 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, December 15, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Sunday, December 16, 2012, 2 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Matthew Halls, conductor
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Thomas Cooley, tenor
tbd, bass
Minnesota Chorale
HANDEL Messiah
Holiday Concert
AFRICAN CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Thursday, December 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Hailing from Uganda, the 20-member African Children's Choir-ranging in age from 7-12-brings to life a joyous African Christmas experience, complete with western carols and seasonal songs. [Please note: the Minnesota Orchestra does not perform on this program.]
Holiday Concerts
A SCANDINAVIAN CHRISTMAS
Thursday, December 20, 2012, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, December 22, 2012, 2 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Sarah Hicks conducts the Minnesota Orchestra in a winter bouquet of Scandinavia's most beautiful Christmas songs.
Holiday Concerts
JINGLE BELL DOC
Friday, December 21, 2012, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Sunday, December 23, 2012, 2 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Doc Severinsen, conductor and trumpet
Pops Conductor Laureate Doc Severinsen returns for his traditional holiday show in a concert of trumpet solos, holiday favorites and big-band swing, a mainstay of the Orchestra's Yuletide season.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concert
OSMO VÄNSKÄ CONDUCTS FUTURE CLASSICS AT TED MANN
Friday, January 11, 2013, 8 p.m. / Ted Mann Concert Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Music Director Osmo Vänskä conducts a program that celebrates new works by some of the nation's brightest emerging composers.
U.S. Bank Pops Season
TIEMPO LIBRE: A NIGHT IN HAVANA
with the Minnesota Orchestra
Saturday, January 19, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Cuban music group Tiempo Libre and the Minnesota Orchestra reunite for a dance-inducing symphonic concert celebrating Cuba's musical heritage.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
VÄNSKÄ CONDUCTS DVOĹÁK'S SYMPHONY NO. 7
Thursday, January 24, 2013, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, January 25, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, January 26, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänska, conductor
Roberto Díaz, viola
JANÁÄŚEK Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen
BARTÓK Viola Concerto
DVOĹÁK Symphony No. 7
U.S. Bank Pops Season
BILL COSBY
Saturday, February 2, 2013, 2 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
The one-of-a-kind comedian, author and television star returns to the Twin Cities, offering hilarious commentary on life and the human condition. [Please note: the Minnesota Orchestra does not perform on this program.]
U.S. Bank Pops Season
MGM HD PRESENTS
WEST SIDE STORY
with the Minnesota Orchestra
Saturday, February 9, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
The Minnesota Orchestra plays Leonard Bernstein's electrifying score to West Side Story-with the full drama of a live performance-while the newly-remastered film is shown on the big screen.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concert
ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO
Thursday, February 14, 2013, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, February 15, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello
DVOĹÁK Carnival Overture
ELGAR Cello Concerto
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
U.S. Bank Pops Season
CASABLANCA
with the Minnesota Orchestra
Saturday, February 16, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
The 1942 film noir classic Casablanca is screened overhead as the Minnesota Orchestra performs live musical accompaniment.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
BEETHOVEN'S EROICA SYMPHONY
Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 7:30 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Thursday, February 28, 2013, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, March 1, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, March 2, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 13
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica
U.S. Bank Pops Season
THE GERSHWINS' HERE TO STAY
with pianist Kevin Cole, vocalist Sylvia McNair and
the Minnesota Orchestra
Saturday, March 9, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Sunday, March 10, 2013, 2 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Kevin Cole, piano
Sylvia McNair, vocals
The lives and works of brothers George and Ira Gershwin are celebrated through their unforgettable music and lyrics-performed by pianist Kevin Cole and vocalist Sylvia McNair.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
STRAUSS: FOUR LAST SONGS
Thursday, March 14, 2013, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, March 15, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, March 16, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
Susan Bullock, soprano
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
WAGNER Dawn, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Funeral March and
Brünnhilde's Immolation, from Götterdämmerung
(Twilight of the Gods)
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
JOSEFOWICZ PLAYS STRAVINSKY
Thursday, March 21, 2013, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, March 22, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, March 23, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
MOZART Symphony No. 1
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
COMMON CHORDS
Monday, April 1-Sunday, April 7, 2013
The Orchestra continues its Common Chords outreach project with a week-long festival in Bemidji.
U.S. Bank Pops Season
MAX RAABE AND PALAST ORCHESTER
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 2 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Baritone Max Raabe and his 12-member band make their Minnesota debut performing German and American standards that embody the style of the 1920s and ‘30s. [Please note: the Minnesota Orchestra does not perform on this program.]
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
SUDBIN PLAYS BEETHOVEN
Thursday, April 11, 2013, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, April 12, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, April 13, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Sunday, April 14, 2013, 2 p.m. / College of Saint Benedict, St Joseph, MN
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
SIBELIUS En Saga
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 6
U.S. Bank Pops Season
WICKED DIVAS OF BROADWAY
with the Minnesota Orchestra
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Nicole Parker, vocals
Alli Mauzey, vocals
Nicole Parker and Alli Mauzey, stars of the hit musical Wicked, join the Orchestra for a concert of diva showstoppers, including favorites from Wicked, Ragtime, My Fair Lady and Chicago.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI AND ERIN KEEFE
Thursday, April 25, 2013, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, April 26, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
Erin Keefe, violin
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
WAGNER/de Vlieger Tristan and Isolde, An Orchestral Passion
U.S. Bank Pops Season
BOBBY McFERRIN
SPIRITS, YOU ALL
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
With his new project, SpiritsYouAll, Bobby McFerrin returns with his band to present a musical tribute to his father. [Please note: the Minnesota Orchestra does not perform on this program.]
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
JORJA FLEEZANIS PERFORMS AT CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Thursday, May 2, 2013, 11 a.m. / Central Lutheran Church
Friday, May 3, 2013, 8 p.m. / Central Lutheran Church
Saturday, May 4, 2013, 8 p.m. / Central Lutheran Church
Sunday, May 5, 2013, 3 p.m. / Central Lutheran Church
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Jorja Fleezanis, violin
Mark Sedio, organ and director of music, Central Lutheran Church
Violin Concerto to be announced
SAINT-SAĐNS Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony
U.S. Bank Pops Season
NATALIE MERCHANT
with the Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Natalie Merchant, vocals
Friday, May 10, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant joins the Minnesota Orchestra for a performance featuring classic standards and selections from her most recent recording, Leave Your Sleep.
U.S. Bank Pops Season
THE STREISAND SONGBOOK
WITH ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY
and the Minnesota Orchestra
Sunday, May 12, 2013, 2 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Ann Hampton Callaway, piano and vocals
In a tribute to Barbra Streisand, pianist and singer Ann Hampton Callaway delivers an afternoon of songs from Funny Girl, A Star is Born, The Way We Were and more.
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
VARGA AND MOZART
Thursday, May 16, 2013, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, May 17, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, May 18, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Gilbert Varga, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
HAYDN Symphony No. 12
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish
MENDELSSOHN String Octet, performed by string orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
DVOĹÁK'S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 11 a.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Friday, May 31, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Saturday, June 1, 2013, 8 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Sunday, June 2, 2013, 2 p.m. / Auditorium at the Convention Center
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6
DVOĹÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Subscription packages for the 2012-13 season are available beginning February 7, 2012, to renewing and new subscribers. Individual tickets are available on July 27, 2012 (fall/holiday concerts), and September 7, 2012 (winter/spring concerts). Tickets can be purchased online, by phone or in person at the Minnesota Orchestra Box Office at 11th and Marquette in Minneapolis. For more information, call (612) 371-5656 or (800) 292-4141, or visit minnesotaorchestra.org/subscribe.
All programs, artists, dates, times and prices subject to change.
Delta Air Lines is the official airline of the Minnesota Orchestra's 2012-13 season.
U.S. Bank is the official sponsor of the 2012-13 pops season.
The Star Tribune and 830 WCCO-AM are the Minnesota Orchestra's media partners for the 2012-13 season.
This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State's general fund and its arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
February 3, 2012
Contact: Katherine E. Johnson
(212) 875-5718; [email protected]
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC VERY YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS
MERKIN CONCERT HALL
FEBRUARY 26–27, 2012
Program To Explore “Treble and Bass”
The second set of the season’s New York Philharmonic Very Young People’s Concerts,
designed for children ages 3 to 6, will take place Sunday, February 26, 2012, at 12:30 and
3:00 p.m., and Monday, February 27, at 10:30 a.m., at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West
67th Street. The program, titled “Treble and Bass,” will explore how high and low sounds
make music fun, featuring selections by Mozart as part of the season’s theme, Mozart and
Friends. Philharmonic Associate Principal Viola Rebecca Young is the host; Dorian
Rence, also a violist with the Philharmonic, is the writer and narrator of stories about
Philippe the Penguin, a character created for the series; and Marion Schoevaert is the
illustrator. New York Philharmonic violinist Fiona Simon, violist Judith Nelson, cellist
Qiang Tu, bass Satoshi Okamoto, and flutist Mindy Kaufman will perform.
Now in their seventh season, the Very Young People’s Concerts are designed by
Philharmonic musicians working with faculty from Teachers College of Columbia
University to introduce young children to classical music through games, active listening,
and hands-on music-making. Before each concert, musicians are stationed throughout
Merkin Concert Hall to greet families and initiate musical activities on the day’s theme.
After each performance, children have an opportunity to try orchestral instruments
themselves.
The next Very Young People’s Concerts will take place March 25 and 26, 2012, with a
focus on “Forte and Piano.”
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MetLife Foundation is the Lead Corporate Underwriter for the Philharmonic’s
Education Programs.
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Credit Suisse is the Global Sponsor of the New York Philharmonic.
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Programs of the New York Philharmonic are supported, in part, by public funds from the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the
Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Single tickets start at $21. For information, call (212) 875-5656, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Monday through Saturday, and 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets may also
Tickets may also be purchased at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office or at the Alice Tully
Hall Box Office at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street. The Box Office opens at
10:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and at noon on Sunday. On performance evenings,
the Box Office closes one-half hour after performance time; other evenings it closes at
6:00 p.m. To determine ticket availability, call the Philharmonic’s Customer Relations
Department at (212) 875-5656. For press tickets, call Lanore Carr in the New York
Philharmonic Communications Department at (212) 875-5714, or e-mail her at
[email protected]
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Very Young People’s Concerts
Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street
Sunday, February 26, 2012, at 12:30 and 3:00 p.m.
Monday, February 27, 2012, at 10:30 a.m.
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Rebecca Young, host
Dorian Rence, writer and narrator
Marion Schoevaert, illustrator
Fiona Simon, violin
Judith Nelson, viola
Qiang Tu, cello
Satoshi Okamoto, bass
Mindy Kaufman, flute
Mozart and Friends: “Treble and Bass”
Program to feature:
MOZART “Allegro” from Eine kleine Nachtmusik
MOZART Selections from Flute Quartet in A major, K.298
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WQXR Welcomes Singer-Songwriter Rufus Wainwright to Explore His Classical Side
at The Greene Space (Sun, Feb 12)
On Sunday, February 12 at 7pm, WQXR – the nation’s most listened-to classical radio station – welcomes Juno Award-winning, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright for an intimate evening of performance and conversation at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space.
With musical influences ranging from Verdi operas and Schubert lieder to Edith Piaf and his own parents (folksingers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III), Rufus Wainwright has carved out a distinctive niche in the musical world. He will perform several of his own classically-influenced songs, including “Agnus Dei,” and will join WQXR host Terrance McKnight for a conversation about his lifelong love of classical music, and his opera, Prima Donna, which will receive its US premiere by New York City Opera at BAM on February 19.
The evening also includes performances of selections from Prima Donna by cast members soprano Melody Moore, who stars as the opera’s title character, soprano Kathryn Guthrie Demos, baritone Randal Turner, and tenor Taylor Stayton.
Tickets for the event are $25 and can be purchased at www.thegreenespace.org. In addition, the event will broadcast live on WQXR 105.9FM; will be available as a live video webcast at www.thegreenespace.org; and will stream as an audio webcast on WQXR’s new-music station, Q2 Music, at www.wqxr.org/q2music.
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WQXR 105.9 FM is New York City’s only all-classical music station, immersing listeners in the city’s rich musical life. WQXR presents new and landmark classical recordings as well as live concerts from the Metropolitan Opera, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the New York Philharmonic, among other city venues. WQXR broadcasts essential shows such as the Metropolitan Opera Radio Saturday Matinee Broadcasts, the New York Philharmonic This Week on Thursday evenings, the McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase on Wednesday evenings, and Symphony Hall each weeknight. For listeners in search of the new, WQXR also operates Q2 Music, an online music station dedicated to contemporary classical composers, cross-genre adventures, and performances from New York City’s edgier venues. WQXR.org provides essential playlist info for online listening, as well as original content, host blogs, NYC cultural news, videos, and a free App.
For further information, please contact:
Jennifer Houlihan, WNYC/WQXR: [email protected], (646) 829-4497
Louise Barder, 21C Media Group: [email protected], (646) 532 4372
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February 3, 2012
Contact: Samuel Lowry [email protected]
(941) 3281322
Sarasota, FL – Following the successful run of education events developed around the 2011 production of Robert Ward’s The Crucible, Sarasota Opera has designed another series of innovative education events for the upcoming production of Samuel Barber's Vanessa opening March 10, 2012. These education events are designed to familiarize and educate the Sarasota Opera audience who might not be as familiar with the genre of American Opera as they are with the more standard repertoire.
A Conversation with soprano Johanna Meier
| Partner: | The Education Center of Longboat Key |
| Date: | Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:00pm |
| Location: | Education Center of Longboat Key |
| 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive | |
| Longboat Key, FL 34228 |
Johanna Meier is an American operatic soprano, known as one of the foremost Wagnerian sopranos of her era. Ms. Meier was a leading soprano with the Metropolitan Opera (14 years) and countless major opera houses and orchestras throughout the world. Ms. Meier played the title role of Vanessa when it was televised from the Spoleto Festival USA in 1978 and for this production worked closely with composer Barber and librettist Menotti. She will be interviewed by Sarasota Opera Artistic Administrator Greg Trupiano.
Admission is $5.00 per person. Call (941) 3838811 for reservations.
Screening of the 1986 movie Babette's Feast
| Partner: | Sarasota Film Society |
| Dates: | Saturday, February 18, 2012 9:30am Downtown Burns Court Cinema |
| 506 Burns Lane, Sarasota, FL 34236 | |
| Saturday, March 3, 2012 9:30am Lakewood Ranch Burns Court Cinema | |
| 10715 Rodeo Drive, #8 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 |
In conjunction with the Sarasota Film society, we will have two showings of the movie Babette’s Feast that received the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1986. The movie is based on the story Babette’s Feast by Isak Dinesen first published in the Ladies Home Journal in 1950 and later included in Dinesen’s Anecdotes of Destiny (1958). This is a free event.
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| Partner: | The Asolo Conservatory |
| Date: | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:00pm |
| Location: | Sarasota Opera House |
Working with the third year students of the Asolo Conservatory and the Studio Artists of Sarasota Opera, the program will explore Isak Dinesen and the author’s work “Seven Gothic Tales” which influenced Barber and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti during the opera’s composition. The Opera’s artists will perform arias and ensembles from Vanessa. The actors will perform passages from “Seven Gothic Tales” that suggest these sections of the opera.
Tickets are $5.00 per person and are available online at www.sarasotaopera.org or by calling (941) 3281300.
ABOUT SARASOTA OPERA
Based in Florida’s beautiful Gulf Coast, Sarasota Opera is approaching its 53rd consecutive season. In 1960, the company began presenting chambersized repertoire in the historic 320seat Asolo Theater on the grounds of Sarasota’s Ringling Museum of Art. Recognizing the need for a theater more conducive to opera, the company purchased the former A.B. Edwards Theater in downtown Sarasota in 1979 and first performing in it in 1984 as the Sarasota Opera House. The theater has just undergone a $20million renovation and rehabilitation enhancing audience amenities, while updating the technical facilities including increasing the size of the orchestra pit. The theater, which reopened in March 2008, has been called “one of America’s finest venues for opera” by Musical America.
Since 1983 the company has been under the artistic leadership of Victor DeRenzi. Since then the company has garnered international attention with its Masterwork Revivals Series, which presents neglected works of artistic merit, as well as the Verdi Cycle producing the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi. Recognizing the importance of training, Maestro DeRenzi founded the Apprentice Artist and Studio Artist programs. Sarasota Opera also maintains a commitment to education through its Invitation to Opera performances for local schools and the unique Sarasota Youth Opera program.
The 2011 Fall Season featured Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in the fall. The 2012 Winter Festival will include Bizet’s Carmen (opéracomique version with spoken dialogue), Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi’s Otello, and Barber’s Vanessa. Subscriptions are on sale by calling (941) 3281300 or visiting the Sarasota Opera Box Office. Single tickets went on sale August 1st online
(www.sarasotaopera.org) and September 1st in the Box Office.
Sarasota Opera is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Programs are supported in part by an award the Tourist Development Tax through the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Sarasota County Arts Council. Additional funding is provided by the City of Sarasota and the County of Sarasota.
Sarasota Opera 61 N. Pineapple Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 (941) 3668450
www.sarasotaopera.org
PRESS CONTACT:
Laura Stegman (310) 470-6321, [email protected]
VALENTINE'S DAY GIFT IDEA FOR ANIMAL LOVERS
GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOO ASSOCIATION HELPS
BRING OUT THE ANIMAL IN YOUR VALENTINE!
Looking for a unique way to give out some Valentine's Day love? The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) provides the chance to do exactly that while also helping to save a species through its "ADOPT" An Animal program. Donation levels begin at $35, and recipients are recognized with an official ADOPT (Animals Depend on People Too) certificate designating them guardian of that species at the Zoo for one year, an animal photo and an acknowledgement with the giver's personal message. For gifts of $65 through February 14, GLAZA adds a choice of one premium plush tiger, giraffe or otter figure. With all ADOPT donations used exclusively for endangered species programs at the Los Angeles Zoo and around the world, the love is endless!
For nearly five decades, the private, non-profit Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, founded in 1963, has funded exhibits, plant and animal species conservation, capital projects, and education and community outreach programs at the Los Angeles Zoo, an international leader in the preservation of endangered species and a conservation center for the care and study of wildlife. GLAZA also builds and invests endowment funds and operates five essential departments on behalf of the Zoo, including development, publications, membership, volunteers and oversight of the Zoo's food/retail concessions. There are currently 72,000 GLAZA member households representing more than 300,000 adults and children, the largest membership base of a cultural organization in Los Angeles, and a volunteer corps of over 700.
Plush animals are available while supplies last; alternate plush animals may be available.
For additional information, visit http://lazoo.org/support/adopt/ or call (323) 644-6035.
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2/1/12
NCM Fathom Presents First UFC® Event in 3-D
as Nick Diaz Battles Carlos Condit for Interim UFC Welterweight Title in UFC 143 Live from Las Vegas
NCM Fathom and UFC Team Again to Bring Championship Fight Cards
to Select Movie Theaters Nationwide Live on Saturday, Feb. 4
Centennial, Colo. – Jan. 20, 2012 – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) returns to Fathom movie theaters on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT with its first-ever, live 3-D broadcast of an action-packed UFC card. UFC® 143: Diaz vs. Condit Live in 3-D gives fans the chance to witness the highly anticipated battle between former STRIKEFORCE® champion Nick Diaz and former WEC® champion and knockout artist Carlos Condit for the interim UFC welterweight title live and in 3-D. Presented from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, UFC® 143: Diaz vs. Condit Live in 3-D will be broadcast through National CineMedia’s Digital Broadcast Network to more than 35 select AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), National Amusements and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) movie theaters nationwide.
UFC fans can catch all the action in participating theaters by purchasing tickets at www.FathomEvents.com and at presenting theater box offices. Visit the NCM Fathom website for a complete list of theater locations and prices (theaters and participants are subject to change).
“We’re always looking for cool, new ways for UFC fans to watch our events,” UFC President Dana White said. “By presenting UFC 143 in 3-D in theaters across the country, fans can watch a UFC title fight like never before. Nick Diaz versus Carlos Condit should be an incredible fight and now fans can witness it live and in 3-D.”
Also on the card, and fresh from his knockout win over Mirko Cro Cop in October, Roy "Big Country" Nelson will welcome longtime contender Fabricio Werdum back to the Octagon® in an intriguing heavyweight clash. In addition, powerhouse wrestler Mike Pierce takes on welterweight bad boy Josh Koscheck during the main card, with the winner taking a big step toward a shot at the UFC welterweight title.
The night’s action also features two of the world's best bantamweights as former title challenger Scott Jorgensen takes on the red-hot Renan Barao, who hasn't lost in his last 30 fights - the longest unbeaten streak in the sport. Undefeated Clifford Starks has agreed to put his 8-0 record on the line against Ed "Short Fuse" Herman in a middleweight matchup at UFC 143. Starks made his UFC debut with a decision win over Dustin Jacoby in October; Herman's last two performances included a 48-second TKO and a devastating heel-hook victory.
“For the first time ever, UFC fans not only get to experience the thrill of sitting Octagon®-side in their local movie theater, but this 3-D broadcast will actually allow them to feel like they’re directly in the middle of the action,” said Dan Diamond, senior vice president of NCM Fathom.
About National CineMedia (NCM)
NCM operates NCM Media Networks, a leading integrated media company reaching U.S. consumers in movie theaters, online and through mobile technology. The NCM Cinema Network and NCM Fathom present cinema advertising and events across the nation’s largest digital in-theater network , comprised of theaters owned by AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) and other leading regional theater circuits. NCM’s theater advertising network covers 176 Designated Market Areas® (49 of the top 50) and includes over 18,300 screens (17,300 digital). During 2010, approximately 700 million patrons attended movies shown in theaters in which NCM currently has exclusive, cinema advertising agreements in place. The NCM Fathom Events broadcast network is comprised of nearly 700 locations in 165 Designated Market Areas® (all of the top 50). The NCM Interactive Network offers 360-degree integrated marketing opportunities in combination with cinema, encompassing 42 entertainment-related websites, online widgets and mobile applications. National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) owns a 48.7% interest in and is the managing member of National CineMedia LLC. For more information, visit www.ncm.com .
About Ultimate Fighting Championship®
Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFC® is the world’s premier MMA organization and produces over 12 UFC live Pay-Per-View events annually around the globe. This year, FOX will broadcast four fights annually. In spring 2012, The Ultimate Fighter®, UFC’s signature weekly reality TV show, debuts on FX. UFC content is also distributed commercially to bars and restaurants through Joe Hand Promotions in the U.S. Globally, UFC
programming is broadcast in 150 countries, territories and jurisdictions, reaching over one billion homes worldwide, in 21 different languages.
UFC® also boasts a powerful presence online, with UFC.com attracting over seven million unique visitors per month, while also possessing one of the most powerful social media followings in all of professional sports. To date, UFC has over seven million fans on Facebook and over 460,000 followers on Twitter. In addition, UFC President Dana White is one of the most accessible and most followed executives in sports with more than 1.8 million followers on Twitter. On January 22, 2011, UFC continued to set trends in social media, becoming the first major sports league to stream live, broadcast quality action on Facebook.
Ancillary businesses include best-selling DVDs, a magazine, the best-selling UFC “Undisputed” videogame franchise distributed by THQ, UFC GYM®, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expo® festivals, branded apparel, trading cards, and articulated action figures.
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MEDIA CONTACTS:
Michelle Portillo
NCM Fathom
(303) 792-8651 (702) 588-5546
UFC Public Relations
Chris Costello
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Announces Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida MASTERWORKS Series 20122013 Season Music Director Fabio Mechetti’s “Dream Season”
(Jacksonville, Fla. – February 3, 2012) The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce its Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Masterworks Series for 201213. Although not Fabio Mechetti’s final season as Jacksonville Symphony music director, it will be the last season that Mechetti is fully engaged in planning and conducting.
Jacksonville audiences have the full benefit of this milestone. The new Masterworks Series lineup is a “dream season” for Mechetti, featuring his alltime favorite works, including masterpieces that rarely – if ever – have been performed in Jacksonville.
Among the highlights are an allWagner evening, including the famous “Ride of the Valkyries,” and Benjamin Britten’s monumental War Requiem. The new season also boasts some of the most romantic concertos ever composed, including Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto and Violin Concerto, the Grieg Piano Concerto, and Brahms’ First Piano Concerto. Rachmaninoff’s ravishing Second Symphony will be heard, as will Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony.
To complement these majestic works, Mechetti has invited several of his best artistic friends as soloists, some of whom were “discovered” early in their careers during Mechetti’s tenure. Among them are two of the most acclaimed violin virtuosi of our day, Vadim Gluzman in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Augustin Hadelich in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Keyboard masters include Lilya Zilberstein in Brahms’ First Piano Concerto, Arnaldo Cohen in the Grieg Piano Concerto and Conrad Tao in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1. The Jacksonville Symphony also welcomes a pair of worldrenowned artists to the stage: guest conductor Gerard Schwarz and pianist Jon Kimura Parker in Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.
The Masterworks Series begins with the same program that Mechetti opened his first full season in 2000. The opening weekend features a blockbuster pairing of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, a tourdeforce for the orchestra as well as the conductor, and Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, featuring the refined artistry of Antonio Meneses. Honoring Richard Wagner’s 200th anniversary, the Jacksonville Symphony will devote a full evening to Wagner’s music, featuring excerpts of The Valkyrie – including the famous “Ride” – as well as the entire first act of the opera in concert version.
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One of season’s “rare” masterpieces is Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony, “Leningrad.” Written just after the Second World War, the “Leningrad” Symphony’s power “depicts the suffering and drama of its people, yet also resonates with optimism in celebrating Hitler’s final defeat,” said Mechetti. “One of music’s best historic testimonies, it grabs the listener on a very deep emotional level that few works can generate,” he added.
The season culminates with Benjamin Britten’s monumental War Requiem, also coinciding with the composer’s centennial. The greatest choral piece written in the 20th century, in Mechetti’s opinion, the War Requiem calls for double orchestra (full orchestra plus chamber orchestra), concert organ, three vocal soloists, large chorus and boys’ chorus. Also inspired by World War II’s aftermath, the War Requiem was commissioned for the reconsecration of England’s Coventry Cathedral in 1962, after the original fourteenth century structure was destroyed in the bombing raid of November 14, 1940. As a denunciation of the wickedness of war, Britten juxtaposed the traditional Latin Mass for the Dead with nine poems about war by the English poet Wilfred Owen, who was killed in action during the First World War. Britten also symbolized the importance of reconciliation, by writing the piece for three specific soloists: a German baritone, a Russian soprano and a British tenor.
Another “first time” piece for Jacksonville’s ears is Henri Dutilleux’s Metaboles, showcasing the work of a great living composer. When he was associate conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, Mechetti became a friend and colleague of Dutilleux. Following the French tradition of using the orchestra as a rich palette of vivid colors, Dutilleux (who just celebrated his 96th birthday) “is a master of discovering newer and fresher timbre combinations within a more contemporary language,” said Mechetti. “Musicians and audiences alike are submerged in this incredible ocean of sound – full of mystery, depth and a fantastic light that emanates from the traditional orchestral instruments.”
“Along with the musicians of the Jacksonville Symphony and an incredible roster of solo artists,” Mechetti assures, “this coming season will leave an impact on Jacksonville audiences for many years to come.” For information on the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra’s 201213 season, as well as how to order season ticket packages, log on to JaxSymphony.org or call 904.354.5547.
CONCERT SCHEDULE: Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Masterworks Series 20122013 Season
Friday & Saturday September 28 & 29 at 8:00 p.m.
OPENING WEEKEND! Symphonie Fantastique
Sponsored by Haskell
Fabio Mechetti, conductor Antonio Meneses, cello DVORÁK Cello Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
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Thursday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, October 19 & 20 at 8:00 p.m.
BEETHOVEN & TCHAIKOVSKY
Sponsored by Mayo Clinic
Fabio Mechetti, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin SHENG Fanfare 1: Arrows to the Page BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Thursday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, November 9 & 10 at 8:00 p.m.
RAVISHING RACHMANINOFF
Michael Butterman, conductor Jacksonville Symphony Chorus ROUSE Karlju RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Thursday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, January 11 & 12 at 8:00 p.m.
THE PASSION OF BRAHMS
Fabio Mechetti, conductor Lilya Zilberstein, piano TORKE Bright Blue Music STRAVINSKY Jeu de Cartes BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
Friday & Saturday January 25 & 26 at 8:00 p.m.
SHOSTAKOVICH TRIUMPHANT
Fabio Mechetti, conductor Conrad Tao, piano PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7, “Leningrad”
Thursday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, February 15 & 16 at 8:00 p.m.
HADELICH PLAYS BEETHOVEN
Fabio Mechetti, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto WAGNER Tristan und Isolde TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini
Thursday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, March 22 & 23 at 8:00 p.m.
RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES
Fabio Mechetti, conductor Margaret Jane Wray, soprano Michael Hayes, tenor Raymond Aceto, baritone WAGNER Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries
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WAGNER Die Walküre – Act I
Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, April 5 & 6 at 8:00 p.m.
GRIEG PIANO CONCERTO
Fabio Mechetti, conductor Arnaldo Cohen, piano GRIEG Piano Concerto DUTILLEUX Metaboles RAVEL La Valse
Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, April 26 & 27 at 8:00 p.m.
DVORÁK “NEW WORLD” SYMPHONY
Gerard Schwarz, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano ZWILICH Avanti! BEASER Ground 0 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Friday & Saturday May 17 & 18 at 8:00 p.m.
CHORAL SPECTACULAR
Fabio Mechetti, conductor Barbara Shirvis, soprano Stanford Olsen, tenor Tim LeFebvre, baritone Jacksonville Symphony Chorus BRITTEN War Requiem
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL KAHN ANNOUNCES THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY’S 2012-2013 SEASON
Washington, D.C. – Currently midway through the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s celebratory 25th Anniversary Season, Artistic Director Michael Kahn announced today the Company’s 2012-2013 Season. Kahn has put together a diverse and exciting season, continuing to stake STC’s claim as “the nation’s foremost Shakespeare company” (The Wall Street Journal).
The new season features the return of repertory productions, as STC will mount two productions as part of the new Clarice Smith Repertory Series -- the Hero/Traitor Repertory will be comprised of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, and Friedrich Schiller’s Wallenstein, adapted by Robert Pinsky who served as Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress. Also included in the lineup are a beloved Shakespeare comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; one of Shakespeare’s late romances, The Winter’s Tale; George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman and Nikolai Gogol’s comedy The Government Inspector adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher.
"This exciting season is a lot of firsts for me,” says Artistic Director Michael Kahn. “We have a world premiere adaptation of Schiller’s Wallenstein by Robert Pinsky, the first Russian play to grace our stages and the STC directorial debut of Aaron Posner who is directing a terrific play, Shaw's Man and Superman. I’m also thrilled to welcome the return of repertory productions through the generous sponsorship of Clarice Smith. It will be quite the exhilarating season."
These six productions represent the full Shakespeare Theatre Company subscription series. Patrons will have the chance to also see STC’s annual Free For All production, a remounting of All’s Well That Ends Well, originally directed by Michael Kahn in 2010.
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY’S 2012-2013 SEASON
Free For All – William Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well
original direction by Michael Kahn
directed by Jenny Lord
August 23 – September 9, 2012
Sidney Harman Hall
Helena, the daughter of a doctor, cures the ailing King of France, who promises her the husband of her choice. But the King doesn’t know that non-committal Count Bertram is the object of her affection. Confronted with the word of a King, Bertram attempts to escape through harsh words, disdainful actions and a romance with another woman. With resourceful deception and ample persistence, our heroine Helena overcomes one obstacle after another in this romantic season opener.
Nikolai Gogol’s
The Government Inspector
adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original by Nikolai Gogol
directed by Michael Kahn
September 13 – October 28, 2012
Lansburgh Theatre
In Gogol’s witty and hilarious satire of provincial Russian bureaucracy, Khlestakov, a civil servant who is running out of money, travels from Saint Petersburg to a small town where his imagination runs rampant. When bumbling town officials mistake him for an incognito inspector investigating them for corruption, a comedy of errors begins and chaos ensues. Directed by Artistic Director Michael Kahn, The Government Inspector portrays self deception, mockery and pandemonium in this ironic comedy.
William Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
directed by Ethan McSweeny
November 15 – December 30, 2012
Sidney Harman Hall
Mismatched lovers Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena flee to the forest outside Athens, but they run into a supernatural squabble that will alter their destinies forever. Will mischievous Puck create harmony or cacophony within the forest? Will Bottom and his Mechanicals put on a successful show for the Duke? Love, magic and wonder fill the air as dreams blend with reality in this must-see Shakespeare classic.
George Bernard Shaw’s
Man and Superman
directed by Aaron Posner
January 24 – March 10, 2013
Lansburgh Theatre
STC welcomes to its stage for the first time the philosophical comedy, Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw. This play explores the question of whether or not man can live without the love of a woman. Once John Tanner, a wealthy intellectual who values his freedom, finds out that Ann Whitefield is seeking him as a husband, he attempts to escape but is overcome by his attraction towards her. Aaron Posner directs this ambitious comedy of big ideas and witty emotions.
The Hero/Traitor Repertory
The first in the Clarice Smith Repertory Series
The Shakespeare Theatre Company is pleased to have the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation sponsor the newly established Clarice Smith Repertory Series, featuring plays in repertory each season for the next three years. “This sponsorship will help the Shakespeare Theatre Company fulfill one of my most vital artistic objectives, to regularly incorporate repertory into our annual mainstage programming as well as educate and engage our audience in this important work,” said Artistic Director Michael Kahn. Clarice Smith stated she is happy to be able to assist Michael Kahn in achieving his goals for the company. “Michael’s work has always been an inspiration and of the highest caliber. I am pleased to honor him in this way,” Smith said. In the series’ first presentation, Shakespeare’s Coriolanus will play in repertory with Schiller’s Wallenstein, both featuring themes of war, leadership, responsibility and loss.
William Shakespeare’s
Coriolanus
directed by David Muse
March 28 – June 2, 2013
Sidney Harman Hall
A mighty hero, Caius Martius, earns the new name of “Coriolanus” for his triumphs. However his inflexible self-belief and contempt for popular rule cause him to be condemned as a traitor and sent into exile. Desiring revenge against the Romans who banished him, he befriends his blood enemy, Aufidius, to launch an assault on his beloved city. Rome, in its terror, pleads with Coriolanus to end his crusade for vengeance. Directed by David Muse, former STC Associate Artistic Director, Coriolanus blurs the lines between hero and traitor in this politically driven tragedy.
Friedrich Schiller’s
Wallenstein
translated and freely adapted by Robert Pinsky
directed by Michael Kahn
March 29 – May 31, 2013
Sidney Harman Hall
STC is proud to announce a newly commissioned adaptation and translation of Friedrich Schiller’s Wallenstein by former poet-laureate Robert Pinsky. Wallenstein, one of Germany’s greatest dramatic works, follows the famous general Albrecht von Wallenstein at the height of his influence and power during the Thirty Years’ War. Leading Europe’s most powerful army, Wallenstein is caught between his ambition and the Emperor’s growing distrust. He must decide either to stay loyal to his king and lose his power or to betray his country for greater gain. STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn directs his second Schiller play, following the success of Don Carlos which The Baltimore Sun called “a splendid production.” Wallenstein was commissioned through the generous support of The Beech Street Foundation.
William Shakespeare’s
The Winter’s Tale
directed by Rebecca Bayla Taichman
co-produced with McCarter Theatre Center
May 9 – June 23, 2013
Lansburgh Theatre
A celebration in the art of storytelling, STC presents The Winter’s Tale, one of Shakespeare’s late romances. Traveling through time, visiting the austere court at Sicilia and the bright sea shore of Bohemia, two generations transcend torment and obsession. The Winter’s Tale is a compassionate and dazzling saga that tells the tale of King Leontes, who is overcome with jealousy when he believes his pregnant wife Hermione and his good friend King Polixenes are lovers. STC revisits this classic piece with imagination and wit.
*Plays, artists and dates are subject to change.
About the Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s innovative approach to Shakespeare and other classic playwrights throughout its 26 seasons has earned it the reputation as the nation’s premier classical theatre company. By focusing on works with profound themes, complex characters and poetic language written by Shakespeare, his contemporaries and the playwrights he influenced, the Company’s artistic mission is unique among theatre companies: to present theatre of scope and size in an imaginative, skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights’ language and intentions while viewing their work through a 21st-century lens.
In its 2007-2008 Season, the company opened the Harman Center for the Arts, consisting of the new 774-seat Sidney Harman Hall and the 451-seat Lansburgh Theatre, both located in downtown Washington’s Penn Quarter neighborhood. A dynamic hub of activity, the Harman Center showcases the company as well as outstanding local performing arts groups and nationally renowned organizations. STC’s annual Free For All performance, a re-creation of a production from seasons past staged for free in August and September, is now held at Sidney Harman Hall. Sidney Harman Hall is located at 610 F Street NW. The Lansburgh Theatre also plays host to a number of different performing arts organizations and several of STC’s mainstage productions. The Lansburgh Theatre is located at 450 7th Street NW.
Subscriptions to the Company’s 2012-2013 Season are now on sale. For more information, contact the Box Office at 202.547.1122, TTY at 202.638.3863 or Toll Free at 877.487.8849. Information is also available online at ShakespeareTheatre.org.
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THE SCHUBERT CLUB PRESENTS
Julia Fischer, violin & Milana Chernyavska, piano
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
"[Julia Fischer] was utterly sensational... with brilliant finger work and a powerful yet singing tone. Her intonation, even in challenging octave passages, was flawless." - Boston Herald
ST. PAUL, Minn. (February 2, 2012) – The Schubert Club is pleased to present violinist Julia Fischer and pianist Milana Chernyavaska on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at Ordway Center. This is Julia Fischer’s International Artist Series debut.
Program
Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454 – W. A. Mozart
Rondo brillant in B minor – Franz Schubert
Sonata in G minor – Claude Debussy
Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Opus 75 – Camille Saint-Saëns
German violinist Julia Fischer is recognized worldwide for possessing a talent of uncommon ability and as an exceptionally gifted artist, reflected in the numerous awards and effusive reviews she has received for both her live performances and recordings, including being named “Artist of the Year” at The Gramophone Awards in 2007 and “Instrumentalist of the Year” at the 2009 MIDEM Classical Awards.
Julia Fischer started the 2011-12 season at the Lucerne Festival with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski and a subsequent tour to London, Luxembourg and Frankfurt performing the world premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s violin concerto “Mar’eh” – a piece dedicated to Ms. Fischer. Other highlights of the season include European tours with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields as well as with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Recital tours with pianist Milana Chernyavska will take her to Italy and Spain as well as to six cities in the U.S. The season is rounded off with recital and chamber music performances at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad and Copenhagen’s Tivoli Concert Hall in summer 2012.
In April 2011, Decca released Ms. Fischer’s latest recording ‘Poeme’ featuring Chausson’s Poeme, Respighi’s Poema Autunnale, Suk’s Fantasy in G minor and Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending to great critical acclaim. This highly poignant album is also the last recording of the late Yakov Kreizberg – a close collaborator of Ms. Fischer for years – conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. The recording was featured on the quarterly “Bestenliste” of the prestigious Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
Born in Munich in 1983, Ms. Fischer began learning the piano with her mother at age three and soon thereafter started taking violin lessons. She became a pupil of Ana Chumachenco at the Munich Academy of Music and at just 11-years-old, she won the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, an event that catapulted her towards a career as a soloist. Throughout her career, Ms. Fischer has always maintained her piano studies. On January 1st, 2008 she made her professional piano debut at the Alte Oper Frankfurt performing the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and conductor Matthias Pintscher. On the same program, she performed the Saint- Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3. A DVD of this concert, recorded by Unitel Classica, was released by Decca in September 2010.
Milana Chernyavska was born in Kiev in the Ukraine. At the age of five she took her first piano lessons before entering the School for Gifted Children at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire two years later. At seven, she performed her first concert in the Great Philharmonic Hall in Kiev and then went on to win the first international chamber music competition Concertino Praga at only twelve years of age. In 1990 Milana graduated with distinction from the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, where she studied with Professor Sagaidachny. She then undertook masterclasses with Professors Baschkirov, Bloch and others, and continued her studies at the Academy for Music and Theatre in Munich with Professors Hoehenrieder and Oppitz. Her artistic abilities have won her many prizes at both national and international levels, including a Gold Medal at the Vladimir and Regina Horowitz Competition in 1994. Since 1994 Milana has also held the title “Outstanding Artist in the Ukraine.”
Since 1998 Milana has appeared as soloist with a number of orchestras, including the Munich Chamber and Ukrainian National Symphonic Orchestras. Additionally, she was recorded at performances with the Bavarian, Hessian, Middle German (MDR) and North German (NDR) Radio; as well as for the BBC, the VRS, Radio France and the National Ukrainian Radio. She has also produced solo and chamber music recordings for EMI, Naxos, Claves, Avie and Ars Musici. With EMI she produced a CD which was selected as one of the best CDs of 2001 by the BBC Music Magazine. She has led performances around the world, including Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Herkulessaal in Munich, Châtelet in Paris, the Conservatoire in Moscow, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo. In addition to her performances she has also taught at the Academy for Music and Theatre in Munich and is a Professor at Art University in Graz.
Tickets:
$25
• $35 • $45 • $60 ($12 student rush, 30 minutes prior, cash
only)
Tickets online at schubert.org or
call 651.292.3268
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For more information on The Schubert Club and its programs
please visit schubert.org
About
The Schubert Club
The Schubert Club is an internationally renowned performing arts
organization dedicated to expanding the enjoyment of music
through world-class recitals, premier educational programs and
rare collections of musical treasures.
Founded in 1882, The Schubert Club maintains a highly regarded national and international reputation among leading classical music performers. Its International Artists Series has brought Jascha Heifetz, Arthur Rubinstein, Cecilia Bartoli, Alfred Brendel, Renée Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma, among many others, to the Twin Cities to perform in recital for sold-out audiences.
Following decades of artistic collaboration, the Music in the Park Series is now part of The Schubert Club. Founded over 30 years ago, the Music in the Park Series engages outstanding artists and chamber ensembles to present concerts at the St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ.
The Schubert Club is a member of the Arts Partnership, programming a vibrant future for the performing arts in downtown St. Paul together with The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, the Minnesota Opera and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
The organization’s website is schubert.org
CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS THE NEW YORK POPS WITH
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING GUEST ARTIST PATTI AUSTIN, PERFORMING
ELLA FITZGERALD’S GERSHWIN SONGBOOK ON FRIDAY, MARCH 16
Plus the Boston Pops and Keith Lockhart Return with a Premiere By
Chris Brubeck with Time for Three; and a Special Tribute to Benny Goodman
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On Friday, March 16 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, jazz vocalist Patti Austin joins The New York Pops under the direction of Steven Reineke to pay tribute to Ella Fitzgerald’s classic recording of the George
& Ira Gershwin songbook and commemorate the 65th anniversary of
Fitzgerald’s Carnegie Hall debut. The concert features Nelson Riddle’s
original symphonic arrangements of George and Ira Gershwin’s works,
including “I Got Rhythm,” “’S Wonderful,” and “Our Love Is Here to
Stay.” The concert, which features a special guest appearance by
Riddle’s son, Christopher, is produced in association with the Ella
Fitzgerald Foundation and the Nelson Riddle Foundation.
The 1959 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook,
recorded with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, marked the first time that
Fitzgerald and Riddle worked together. The album was the largest single
recording project that Fitzgerald worked on, and it is considered to be
an ambitious achievement in Western popular music. Riddle arranged
nearly 60 Gershwin compositions for the album, including the two
orchestral suites. It was this project that led Ira Gershwin to say he
had "never known how good our songs were until I heard Ella sing them."
Patti Austin’s album For Ella (2002, Playboy Jazz) was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
About the Artists
Grammy Award-winner Patti Austin crosses musical genres, has made over 20 solo albums, and has performed
her nominated hit songs on the Grammy Awards and the Academy Awards
broadcasts. As a performer, songwriter, and vocalist, she has had a
star-studded career that began at the age of 4, making her one of the
most beloved artists the world over and a mainstay on the Billboard Jazz
Albums charts. Her 2007 album on the Rendezvous Entertainment label, Avant-Gershwin, won Austin the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. As with 2002's Grammy Award-nominated homage to Ella Fitzgerald, For Ella,
Patti worked again with the WDR Big Band. She created unique and
personal interpretations with arranger Michael Abene (Lionel Hampton,
Buddy Rich, B.B. King), aiming for an operatic but contemporary feeling.
Austin, the daughter of jazz trombonist Gordon Austin
and goddaughter of musical legends Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington,
made her stage debut with Washington at the world-famous Apollo Theater
in Harlem at the age of four. She secured a contract with RCA Records
when she was only five. During the 1970s, she was the undisputed "queen"
of the New York session scene—her voice being heard behind such artists
as Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Bette Midler,
Roberta Flack, Luther Vandross, and Diana Ross, as well as on countless
memorable commercial jingles. At the beginning of the 1980s, Austin
earned a wider audience through her participation on a series of albums
with Jones including his best-selling Stuff Like That, his Grammy Award-winning classic The Dude, and From Q With Love Vols. 1 & 2.
Austin’s early solo career resulted in the chart-topping, Grammy
Award-nominated hit "Baby Come To Me," a now classic duet with James
Ingram; the Jam-and-Lewis-produced R&B smash "The Heat of Heat;" and
the Oscar-nominated "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" Austin's 1988
album The Real Me featured a powerful collection of pop and jazz
standards including "Cry Me A River,” "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," and
"Mood Indigo." Austin has also written and created her own one-woman
show, and co-created the musical extravaganza Beboperella, a modern-day, music-driven show that brings the sound and spirit of bebop to a new generation. She also is the co-creator of Oh Freedom,
a show exploring the African-American quest for freedom and equality in
America. Austin is one of over 70 artists featured on "We Are the
World: 25 for Haiti" charity single in aid of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Steven Reineke’s
boundless enthusiasm and exceptional artistry have made him one of the
nation’s most sought-after pops conductors, composers, and arrangers. As
Music Director of The New York Pops, Reineke conducts the orchestra’s
annual Carnegie Hall concert series, leads concert tours, recordings,
and nationwide telecasts. Mr. Reineke is the newly appointed Principal
Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he
serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the Long Beach and Modesto
Symphony Orchestras. Previously, he was Associate Conductor of the
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, where for fifteen years he served as a
composer, arranger, and conducting protégé of the late celebrated pops
conductor Erich Kunzel. Steven Reineke’s notable guest conducting
appearances include the Boston Pops, The Philadelphia Orchestra,
Cleveland Orchestra and his debut at the Hollywood Bowl in 2007. Reineke
is also an established symphonic composer, with his works most recently
performed by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The New York Pops is the largest independent pops orchestra in the United States, and the
only professional symphonic orchestra in New York City specializing in
popular music. Led by Music Director Steven Reineke, the orchestra
performs an annual subscription series and birthday gala at Carnegie
Hall, enjoying one of their highest subscription renewal rates. The New
York Pops was founded by Skitch Henderson in 1983 with a mission to
create greater public awareness and appreciation of America’s rich
musical heritage. Along with performing at Carnegie Hall, The New York
Pops tours throughout the world and gives free concerts in New York City
parks. The New York Pops’ extensive education programs allow thousands
of public schoolchildren to participate in concert and music-making
experiences at Carnegie Hall and in schools throughout the five boroughs
of New York City.
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Sarasota Orchestra Association Launches $50,000
“Pot O’ Gold” Fundraiser for Sarasota Orchestra and its Youth Orchestra Program
Entries for the "Pot O' Gold" contest are $100; the contest is limited to 1,000 entries. One lucky entrant will win $50,000. The other $50,000 will benefit Sarasota Orchestra and its Youth Orchestra Program.
(Sarasota, Florida) For more than 50 years, the Sarasota Orchestra has cultivated area students through its Youth Orchestra Program. The program offers budding musicians, from third grade through high school, the opportunity to hone their musical and performance skills via a nurturing but rigorous schedule of auditions, practices, rehearsals and live performances. Some students who have participated in the Youth Orchestra Program have gone on to pursue professional careers in classical music. All of them gain invaluable life skills that serve them well wherever their life and career paths may take them.
For many of these students, this experience would not be possible without financial assistance. Two-thirds of the program’s participants receive some form of scholarship. These scholarships are made possible, in large part, through the work of the effective and well-run Sarasota Orchestra Association (SOA), whose mission is to support the Sarasota Orchestra and its youth programs. The organization has raised more than $1 million in the past seven years through annual fundraisers, lecture series and other initiatives.
“The future of our community’s rich classical music tradition is in the hands of our youth," says Anne Scott, SOA board president. "Through Sarasota Orchestra's youth programs, we're able to create enthusiasm for classical music and show young people how, in our world of social media and MP3 players, their favorite music can co-exist with classical masterpieces. At the same time, we're developing our next generation of classically trained musicians–and audiences.”
Which is where SOA's newest fundraising initiative, "Pot O' Gold," comes in.
What's it all about?
Anne Scott doesn’t mince words. "Our goal is to raise $50,000 for the Youth Orchestra," she says. Scott explains that only 1,000 entries of $100 each are being accepted. Half of the revenues will go to SOA; the other half goes to the prize winner.
“We see this as a win-win-win event,” says Scott. “Sarasota Orchestra gains valuable funds to run its youth programs and someone out there also wins a lot of money. But most important of all, young scholarship recipients will be able to realize their musical dreams.” She adds that anyone interested in participating, should do so soon as the drawing will be held on March 17.
Interested? Enter online at www.soassociation.org or at any Sarasota Orchestra event between now and March 17. The winner need not be present at the drawing to win.
For more information about Pot O’ Gold and the Sarasota Orchestra Association, visit www.soassociation.org.
About Sarasota Orchestra Association
The Sarasota Orchestra Association’s mission is to support the Sarasota Orchestra and its Youth Orchestra Program. Founded in 1957, the all-volunteer Sarasota Orchestra Association has grown steadily in membership and impact and, over the past seven years, has raised and contributed more than $1 million.
Tags: Sarasota Orchestra Association Launches 50 000 Pot O Gold Fundraiser for Sarasota Orchestra and its Youth Orchestra Program Entries for the Pot O Gold contest are 100 the contest is limited to 1 000 entries One lucky entrant will win 50 000 The other 50 000 will benefit Sarasota Orchestra and its Youth Orchestra Program
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies Makes Its U.S. Debut Only In Movie Theaters in Exclusive February Event
Following the Success of “The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall” 25th Anniversary Event, NCM Fathom and Omniverse Vision Bring Highly Anticipated Musical to Select Movie Theaters Nationwide for Limited Showings
Centennial, Colo. – Feb. 2, 2012 – Making its first appearance in the United States, NCM Fathom and Omniverse Vision present Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, the long awaited continuation to The Phantom of the Opera, in a fully-staged production pre-recorded at The Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia. This exclusive showing of Love Never Dies will be broadcast to select U.S. movie theaters for two nights only beginning with the premiere event on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. local time; followed by an encore presentation on Wednesday, March 7. This exclusive event will include an in-depth interview with Andrew Lloyd Webber as well as behind-the-scenes footage following Lloyd Webber on set as he provides creative direction to the cast and crew of Love Never Dies.
Tickets for Love Never Dies are available now at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit the NCM Fathom website (theaters and participants are subject to change). The event will be broadcast to more than 500 select movie theaters across the country through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network.
“I’m incredibly proud and honoured to be able to bring this production to U.S. cinemas nationwide,” said Lloyd Webber. “I hope very much that audiences take Love Never Dies to their hearts in the same way they have The Phantom of the Opera.”
Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is a mesmerizing follow-up to the award winning Phantom of the Opera, featuring a 21-piece orchestra and an impressive cast of 36 including actors Ben Lewis as the Phantom and Anna O’Byrne as Christine Daaé. The cinematic production, directed by Brett Sullivan, will enchant audiences bringing them into a world of passion, obsession and romance. The captivating love story of the Phantom and Christine continues in New York’s playground, Coney Island. After his disappearance from the Paris Opera house, the Phantom begins a new life in New York amongst the freaks and side shows. The only thing missing from his new life is musical protégée Christine. In an effort to win back his love, the Phantom lures Christine and her family to this new sparkling unknown world.
“The very best of Broadway is coming to local movie theaters again in this once-in-lifetime opportunity to see the next chapter in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom saga, Love Never Dies,” said Dan Diamond, senior vice president of Fathom. “This Fathom event gives fans their first chance to see this highly anticipated musical long before it opens in the U.S.”
Recently, Fathom and Omniverse Vision presented The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall in select theaters last October and Les Misérables in Concert – The 25th Anniversary Event in November 2010. The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall will be available on DVD in February.
About National CineMedia (NCM)
NCM operates NCM Media Networks, a leading integrated media company reaching U.S. consumers in movie theaters, online and through mobile technology. The NCM Cinema Network and NCM Fathom present cinema advertising and events across the nation’s largest digital in-theater network, comprised of theaters owned by AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) and other leading regional theater circuits. NCM’s theater advertising network covers 175 Designated Market Areas® (49 of the top 50) and includes over 18,100 screens (16,800 digital). During 2010, over 690 million patrons attended movies shown in theaters in which NCM currently has exclusive, cinema advertising agreements in place. The NCM Fathom Events broadcast network is comprised of nearly 700 locations in 165 Designated Market Areas® (all of the top 50). The NCM Interactive Network offers 360-degree integrated marketing opportunities in combination with cinema, encompassing 42 entertainment-related websites, online widgets and mobile applications. National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) owns a 48.7% interest in and is the managing member of National CineMedia LLC. For more information, visit www.nationalcinemedia.com or www.ncm.com or www.FathomEvents.com.
About Omniverse Vision
Omniverse Vision is headquartered in London and produces and distributes unique, entertainment-related content for all media platforms with a particular focus on alternative cinema. Omniverse Vision is dedicated to bringing special events to screens around the world that are equipped with state of the art technology including digital platforms and 3D. Omniverse Vision enables the turnkey broadcast of shows as diverse as music concerts, sports and other special events. For more information, visit www.omniversevision.com, www.cinestage.net or www.cinerock.net.
Media Contacts
Michelle Portillo
NCM Fathom
(303) 792-8651
[email protected]
Erik Stein
Scoop Marketing for NCM Fathom
(818) 761-6100
[email protected]
Elizabeth DeLuca / Katie Schroeder
Rubenstein Communications for Omniverse Vision
(212) 843-8089/(212) 843-8036
[email protected] / [email protected]
Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber s Love Never Dies Makes Its U S Debut Only In Movie Theaters in Exclusive February Event Following the Success of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall 25th Anniversary Event NCM Fathom and Omniverse Vision Bring Highly Anticipated Musical to Select Movie Theaters Nationwide for Limited Showings Tuesday Feb 28 at 7 30 pm and March 7
MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Amer
[email protected]/ 941.312-5587
CHORUS OF THE KEYS OFFERING
SINGING VALENTINES
[ Feb 2, 2012 — Sarasota, Fla. Once again this year, the Sarasota Chorus of the Keys will be delivering Singing Valentines throughout the Sarasota and Bradenton area on Feb. 14. The Chorus will send a barbershop quartet to your home or office at a time you designate; there they will deliver a card, a rose, and then they will sing two love songs to your valentine.
“This is probably one of our favorite activities,” said Bob Amer, Marketing Director of the Chorus. ”The expressions on the faces of the singing valentine recipients are absolutely priceless. They love receiving a singing valentine far more than they do a card or a box of candy. This means a lot more to them.”
Singing Valentine quartets will go practically anywhere to deliver this special treat. They have sung to loved ones in beauty salons, fitness centers, pools, dentist offices – wherever the loved one may be.
“We have even sung to guys,” Amer added.” If a female wants to get her male friend a singing valentine, we’ll do it. That really gets a lot of laughs.”
Singing Valentines can be ordered by calling either Dave Richards at 941-371-6644 or Steve Eckert at 941-536-0548. Cost is only $20.Information is also available at www.chorusofthekeys.com.
Photo attached.
Caption: A happy recipient of a Singing Valentine. Left to right: Jim Stoup, Glen Moon, Bonnie Ochiltree, Ken Rohrs, Bob Amer
ABOUT THE CHORUS OF THE KEYS
The Sarasota Chorus of the Keys is the oldest continuous arts group in Sarasota with a more than 60-year history and 100 members. Members of the Barbershop Harmony Society, the Sarasota chapter was formed in 1949 by John Whelan, a visiting businessman with a desire to advance and preserve the truly American style of music that is the barbershop quartet. The Chorus carries out this mission today by striving for musical excellence and performing frequently for the broadest possible spectrum of Southwest Florida audiences.
After winning the Florida State Championship in 2004 and 2009, they are one of the top choruses in the state. They are also committed to contributing to the cultural development of the community through responsible public service and providing charitable support to benefit music educators and young people participating in those programs.
For more information please visit www.ChorusoftheKeys.org
Robert Amer
VP, Director of Marketing
Sarasota Chorus of the Keys
941-312-5587
MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Amer
[email protected]/ 941.312-5587
CHORUS OF THE KEYS OFFERING
SINGING VALENTINES
[ Feb 2, 2012 — Sarasota, Fla. Once again this year, the Sarasota Chorus of the Keys will be delivering Singing Valentines throughout the Sarasota and Bradenton area on Feb. 14. The Chorus will send a barbershop quartet to your home or office at a time you designate; there they will deliver a card, a rose, and then they will sing two love songs to your valentine.
“This is probably one of our favorite activities,” said Bob Amer, Marketing Director of the Chorus. ”The expressions on the faces of the singing valentine recipients are absolutely priceless. They love receiving a singing valentine far more than they do a card or a box of candy. This means a lot more to them.”
Singing Valentine quartets will go practically anywhere to deliver this special treat. They have sung to loved ones in beauty salons, fitness centers, pools, dentist offices – wherever the loved one may be.
“We have even sung to guys,” Amer added.” If a female wants to get her male friend a singing valentine, we’ll do it. That really gets a lot of laughs.”
Singing Valentines can be ordered by calling either Dave Richards at 941-371-6644 or Steve Eckert at 941-536-0548. Cost is only $20.Information is also available at www.chorusofthekeys.com.
Photo attached.
Caption: A happy recipient of a Singing Valentine. Left to right: Jim Stoup, Glen Moon, Bonnie Ochiltree, Ken Rohrs, Bob Amer
ABOUT THE CHORUS OF THE KEYS
The Sarasota Chorus of the Keys is the oldest continuous arts group in Sarasota with a more than 60-year history and 100 members. Members of the Barbershop Harmony Society, the Sarasota chapter was formed in 1949 by John Whelan, a visiting businessman with a desire to advance and preserve the truly American style of music that is the barbershop quartet. The Chorus carries out this mission today by striving for musical excellence and performing frequently for the broadest possible spectrum of Southwest Florida audiences.
After winning the Florida State Championship in 2004 and 2009, they are one of the top choruses in the state. They are also committed to contributing to the cultural development of the community through responsible public service and providing charitable support to benefit music educators and young people participating in those programs.
For more information please visit www.ChorusoftheKeys.org
Robert Amer
VP, Director of Marketing
Sarasota Chorus of the Keys
941-312-5587
February 2, 2012
Media Contact:
[email protected] § 941-922-7274
To interview exhibit curator, John Henry, call 423-266-9914
To speak with SSoS board president, Susan L. McLeod, call 941-928-4445
Sarasota Season of Sculpture Offers
Docent Tours for its 2012 Exhibition
“Under Azure Skies”
This free exhibit of large-scale sculpture adorns BayfrontPark until May
(Sarasota, FL) The Sarasota Season of Sculpture (SSoS) is offering free guided docent tours for students, teachers and the public of the 10 works of large-scale sculptures in downtown Sarasota’s BayfrontPark. Docent tours are available upon request by leaving a written message on the organization's website: www.sarasotaseasonofsculpture.org.
The 2012 exhibit, "Under Azure Skies," features works by 10 artists and runs through May 2012. John Henry, the exhibit's curator and a Tennessee-based sculptor, says the artwork reflects a range of styles, but most share the use of natural materials, evocative and iconic subject matter and an organic emphasis. "This exhibition was curated with the idea in mind that there is a power and significance that is unique to the man-made object," says Henry, adding that the exhibition was first shown at Art St. Urban l in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 2007, where it has remained until this exhibition. After the Sarasota exhibition, the show travels to FloridaInternationalUniversity in Miami.
SSoS board president Susan McLeod says that public response has been "overwhelmingly positive," and that the group plans a symposium with several of the artists in spring. She says the group is also planning to publish a 10-year history of Season of Sculpture exhibitions.
"Thanks to a generous $10,000 donation from area philanthropist, Keith Monda, we'll be able to document the past 10 years of SSoS exhibitions," says McLeod. Keith Monda is the former president and chief operating officer of Coach Inc.
Season VI exhibit's 10 featured works include: “Big Red Tumkin” by Verina S. Baxter (steel); “Untitled” by Chakaia Booker (rubber tire and stainless steel); “Squirt” by John Clement (painted steel); “Tux” by Isaac Duncan (stainless steel); “Complexus” by John Henry (steel); “Untitled” by Terry Karpowicz (granite, steel, and wood); “Mercury, Mars, and Venus” by Peter Lundberg (copper, steel, and colored concrete); “Portal 137.5" by Albert Paley (natural patina core and steel); “Oh'd” by Bret Price (galvanized steel) and “Crown” by Douglas Schatz. For detailed information about each artist and his or her work, visit www.sarasotaseasonofsculpture.org.
"These sculptures come from artists of diverse backgrounds and origins. It is our hope that viewers will see this art as a common language understood all over the world," says McLeod. "This free and open to the public museum has raised the bar for regional public sculpture and added an important element to Sarasota's rich cultural tapestry." McLeod adds that the exhibition series has attracted more millions of visitors during its 12-year history and turned Sarasota's downtown bayfront into "a major art destination."
For more information about SSos, please visit www.sarasotaseasonofsculpture.org.
About Sarasota Season of Sculpture
Sarasota Season of Sculpture (SSoS), founded in 1998 by Jill Kaplan and Bruce White, is a 501c3 arts organization, which presents world-class biennial sculpture exhibitions on Sarasota's bayfront. SSoS focuses its exhibitions on the monumental work of nationally and internationally acclaimed artists, and periodically includes the work of renowned local artists. This free biennial exhibition on Sarasota's bayfront is unique among the many stars that make up Sarasota's cultural crown. A drive down Sarasota’s Gulfstream Avenue during an exhibition season can be the first impression visitors and tourists receive about the dynamic cultural core of our community.
Photos courtesy of Sarasota Season of Sculpture
February 2, 2012
Contact: Samuel Lowry
(941) 328-1322
Sarasota Youth Opera
Open Enrollment Through February 2012
Sarasota, FL – Celebrating its 28th year, the Sarasota Youth Opera program, the most comprehensive program of its kind in the United States, will continue to enroll new singers, ages 8 – 18, for the 2012 Winter Season throughout the end of February. Currently sitting at 56 members, the Sarasota Youth Opera program is growing but there is room for more. Prospective members may attend any of the
weekly rehearsals on Thursdays from 5:00pm – 6:30pm or on Saturdays from 10:00am – 11:30am. Attending a rehearsal is a great way to see the Sarasota Youth Opera in action as well as meet the
Sarasota Youth Opera team; Jesse Martins, Youth Opera Music Director, and Ben Plocher, Youth Opera and Outreach Coordinator. Winter/Spring Season
During the Winter Season, the Sarasota Youth Opera will perform outreach concerts throughout the community as well as participate in special performances with the Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artists
on March 10, 2012 and Maestro DeRenzi’s 30th Season Gala on March 25, 2012. This season promises to be particularly exciting as preparations have begun for Sarasota Youth Opera’s latest opera commission, Little Nemo in Slumberland, best described by the composer, Daron Hagen,as “a short two-act magic opera”. The world premiere will take place in the fall of 2012. If you think that young people
can not sing opera, come see members of the Youth Opera Chorus as the ever so mischievous street Urchins in Bizet's Carmen starting February 11th.
From the 2010 Youth Opera production of Judith Weir’s The Black Spider
Sarasota Youth Opera accepts all levels of talent and provides vocal training through its choral and performance-based program under the guidance of Sarasota Opera’s music staff. Tuition is $150 per term
and tuition assistance and payment plans are available based on financial need. The Winter/Spring term began in early January and will end in mid May.
To make an appointment to attend a Sarasota Youth Opera rehearsal, call Ben Plocher at (941) 366-8450, ext. 249.
ABOUT SARASOTA OPERA
Based in Florida’s beautiful GulfCoast, Sarasota Opera is approaching its 53rd consecutive season. In 1960, the company began presenting chamber-sized repertoire in the historic 320-seat Asolo Theater
on the grounds of Sarasota’s Ringling Museum of Art. Recognizing the need for a theater more conducive to opera, the company purchased the former A.B.EdwardsTheater in downtown Sarasota in 1979
and first performing in it in 1984 as the Sarasota Opera House. The theater has just undergone a $20-million renovation and rehabilitation enhancing audience amenities, while updating the technical facilities including increasing the size of the orchestra pit. The theater, which reopened in March 2008, has been called “one of America’s finest venues for opera” by Musical America.
Since 1983 the company has been under the artistic leadership of Victor DeRenzi. Since then the company has garnered international attention with its Masterwork Revivals Series, which presents
neglected works of artistic merit, as well as the Verdi Cycle producing the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi. Recognizing the importance of training, Maestro DeRenzi founded the Apprentice
Artist and Studio Artist programs. Sarasota Opera also maintains a commitment to education through its Invitation to Opera performances for local schools and the unique Sarasota Youth Opera program.
The 2011 Fall Season featured Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in the fall. The 2012 Winter Festival will include Bizet’s Carmen (opéra-comique version with spoken dialogue), Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi’s Otello, and Barber’s Vanessa. Subscriptions are on sale by calling (941) 328-1300 or visiting the Sarasota Opera Box Office. Single tickets went on sale August 1st online (www.sarasotaopera.org)
and September 1st in the Box Office.
Sarasota Opera is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Programs are supported in
part by an award the Tourist Development Tax through the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Sarasota County Arts Council. Additional funding is provided by
the City of Sarasota and the County of Sarasota.
Sarasota Opera
61 N. Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
(941) 366-8450
www.sarasotaopera.org
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Sam Lowry
Communications Officer
Phone: 941.366.8450
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E-mail: [email protected]
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2012 MET MASTERSINGERS The Kaye Playhouse March 22, 2012
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College 68th Street (Between Park and Lexington Avenues) New York City Program Tickets: $40 for Guild Members and Met Patrons, $50 for the General Public Following the program, join us for a champagne and dessert Artist's Reception at the Lotos Club $150 for premium seating and reception Join your fellow Guild members for this unforgettable evening of music and conversation! Purchase Tickets Online. For more information, please call the Guild Public Programs office at 212-769-7062. Email: [email protected]. size> |
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DATE: January 31, 2012
Florida Studio Theatre continues
its online discussion with “Next Fall”
FST-BLOG.com
(Sarasota, FL) —Florida Studio Theatre (FST) continues its online forum at FST-BLOG.COM with a discussion of the new play Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts, which opened last week in FST’s Keating Theatre.
This online forum, moderated by Associate Director Kate Alexander and Literary Manager Amanda Cayo, serves as a community discussion about FST’s Mainstage plays, their themes, and subject matter. FST first launched the blog with the hit musical Next to Normal, which opened the 2011-2012 Mainstage Season. More than 1,000 audience members accessed the blog during the run of Next to Normal.
Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts explores the difficulties that arise when two people on opposite sides of the faith spectrum meet and fall in love. The online conversation features opinion pieces by four national and community leaders about the intersection of love and religion and the social constraints that define who we are and how we love.
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Geoffrey Nauffts, playwright of Next Fall
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Pastor John Syster, senior minister of First Congregational United Church of Christ of Sarasota
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Rabbi Simon, Chairman of the Robert and Esther Heller Israel Advocacy Initiative Committee of the Sarasota/Manatee Jewish Federation.
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Paul White, LCSW, a psychotherapist in private practice.
FST invites the Sarasota community to read, discuss, and question the thoughts shared through this discussion. Readers can add to the discussion by sharing their opinions on the topic through the comments, or even submit long-form posts at www.FST-BLOG.com.
The 2010 Outer Critics Circle award winner and three-time Tony Award nominated play, Next Fall portrays the ups and downs of an unlikely couple’s five-year relationship with sharp humor and unflinching honesty. The new contemporary drama opened in the Keating Theatre (1241 N. Palm Avenue) on Friday, January 27. Tickets are on sale through March 31st and can be purchased online at www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000 or by visiting the Box Office.
About FST FORUMS
Florida Studio Theatre’s mission is inspired from the wellspring of creators of theatre, the ancient Greeks. They saw theatre as a communal forum where we come together as a society to explore what it means to be alive, to be human. In the same vein, these discussions embrace the dialogue form of ancient philosophy – where we do not defend a “truth” or conclusion, but present ideas and an atmosphere of openness in the search for the ever changing definition of truth. Our destination is unknown, however we invite you to come along for the journey and join the discussion.
About Florida Studio Theatre
Known as Sarasota’s Contemporary Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre was founded in 1973 by Jon Spelman. Starting out as a small touring company, FST traveled to places such as migrant camps and prisons. The company eventually settled down into a permanent home, acquiring the former Woman’s Club building – now renamed the Keating Theatre. In the years that followed, Florida Studio Theatre established itself as a major force in American Theatre, presenting contemporary theatre in its three theatre venues: the Keating Theatre, the Goldstein Cabaret and its newest space, the Gompertz Theatre.
Even with its growth, Florida Studio Theatre remains firmly committed to making the arts accessible and affordable to a broad-based audience. Under Richard Hopkins, Artistic Director and CEO, FST develops theatre that speaks to our living, evolving, and dynamically changing world. As FST grows and expands, it continues to provide audiences with challenging, contemporary drama and innovative programs.
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“IMAGINE” (Venice
Theatre’s outreach program with IslandVillageMontessoriSchool)
will perform Rock the World! on
February 25
Island Village Montessori School (IVMS), Venice Theatre, and the IVMS Choraliers are proud to announce their collaborative production of the musical Rock the World! by Gianna Campo. IVMS after-school students will perform on Venice Theatre’s MainStage Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 1 p.m. The IVMS Choraliers will present a pre-show at 12:30 p.m. A donation of $8 in exchange for tickets can be given at the school in Jan Pearman’s office or by calling (941) 484-4999 ext. 224. Any remaining tickets will be available at the theatre beginning one hour before the performance. Discounts are not available at the door.
Coined “IMAGINE”, the partnership between IVMS and Venice Theatre (VT) is in its eighth year. Jan Pearman, director of the IVMS after-school program, sees theatre as an opportunity to challenge her students while catering to a variety of curriculum levels. Candace Artim and Sandy Davisson of Venice Theatre’s Education and Outreach Department have worked on-site at IVMS throughout the school year. Their time with the students culminates in this fully-mounted production on Venice Theatre’s MainStage.
The “IMAGINE” program enables children to express themselves creatively through drama, develop their speaking and general social skills, and learn the skills needed for acting and musical theatre. Artim, VT’s Assistant Director of Education and Outreach states, “I am so impressed by the students’ personal growth. It’s wonderful to see them progress as actors and individuals. And, the discipline that is so imperative to the acting process - similar to the discipline that a sports team must have – helps develop their ability to work as a team, problem solve, and think on their feet.”
Pearman exclaims, “Wow, have we grown since we first worked together eight years ago! From simple skits to full-length original musicals - what a wonderful journey we’ve taken together. This year we’ve included more students from our South Campus and we have fulfilled a dream - to have our North Campus students join in the productions. All total, we have seven groups of IVMS students performing at the theatre this year.” She goes on to say, “I am in awe as I watch the students, especially when 4 and 5 year olds interact with Middle School students. I love to witness this beautiful cooperation.”
Sandy Davisson, VT’s Director of Education and Outreach adds, “I honor Jan for giving her students a performing arts experience. They are learning how to fit a square peg in a round hole while being creative! Our future leaders need to develop both the left and right sides of their brains and theatre is a perfect way to do that.”
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Caption for attached photo
top row (L to R) Sierra Landacre, Alex Guelzow, Rachel Stein, bottom row (L to R) Sami Spedaliere, Malaia Siem, Maya Tejada
The student performers in Rock the World! are”:
The
Choraliers
Mason Carson
Bryn Clark
Celia Deninno
Jacob Deninno
Ariel Downey
Sayde Falconer
Magdelaina Fangboner
Jade Graham
Tyler Hickey
Cameron Holtz
Josephine Jorgensen
Collin Lough
Jared Lough
Tayla Mann
Brianna Marazon
Jared McBee
Kenzie Mickish
Daniela Morales
Charlie Nyland
Sammie Nyland
Ava Pappas
Ella Pappas
Avery Snider
Phoenix Stillings
Ashley Vasquez-Cordova
Lucy Zee
Samantha Allspach
Meaghan Brown
Megan Falconer
Arianna Gonzalez
Skylar Harrington
Anabel Martinez
Samantha Morales
Keara O’Mahoney
Hemang Sheth
Sanhita Sheth
Abby Torres-Workinger
Abigail Warner
Darien West
Cydney Bedwell
Brittany Brown
Jake Cooper
Claire Froelich
Amaya Glover
Sydney Grant
Shannon Martin
Mason Schmidt
Trinity Severson
Sami Spedaliere
Teague Stanley
Celina Tucker
Adeline Wilson
Nicole Winter
The AmbassadorsMaelin Bloom
Ashir Dharanidhar
Alejandra Ferra
Alex Hernandez
Giovanna Nader
Isabella Nader
The Royals:
Meaghan Brown
Carmella Catalfino
Tiffany Forte
Arianna Gonzalez
Julien Loucks
Jasper Merrithew
Ava Podewitz
Hemang Sheth
Sanhita Sheth
Darien West
The Imperials
Brittany Brown
Sydney Catalfino
Jake Cooper
Destiny Dolciotto
Adrianna Ferraro
Sydney Grant
Harrison Padilla
Haley Rosenblatt
Katie Smith
Maya Tejada
Claire Froelich
Alex Guelzow
Alexa Landacre
Sierra Landacre
Caitlin McCann
Blake Morris
Dylan Randall
Gwyneth Russo
Malaia Siem
Sami Spedaliere
Rachel Stein
The Gershwins
Justin Bonamer
Ariel Downey
Alexandra Huey
Faith Hunter
Felix Koerner
Collin Lough
Jared Lough
Tayla Mann
Harper McLaren
Korban McLaren
Avery Snider
Melis Wiesinger
The Apollos
Larissa Clements
Luke Cooper
Esme Currie
Darvani Gonzalez
Laina Harris
Charlie Nyland
Cadence Rossman
Hadley Schells
Michael Snyder
Phoenix Stillings
Ashley Vasquez-Cordova
Luke Zee
Lucy Zee
The Broadways
Samantha Allspach
Alexis Connole
Casey Grozier
Siobhan Matthews
Daniela Morales
Samantha Nyland
Marissa Rihn
Abby Torres-Workinger
Venice Theatre
140 W. Tampa Ave, Venice, FL 34285
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival Announces Its 25th Anniversary Season,
with New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia and Dallas Symphony Orchestras in Residence,
Plus Chamber Music and More, All in Rocky Mountains (June 25-Aug 4)
From the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival announces its 25th anniversary season, which runs for seven weeks from June 25 to August 4. Celebrated pianist Anne-Marie McDermott returns for a second term as artistic director, and once again the Vail Music Festival boasts not one but three world-class resident orchestras: the New York Philharmonic, returning under music director Alan Gilbert for its tenth summer; The Philadelphia Orchestra, whose new music director designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin makes his Vail Music Festival debut; and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Jaap van Zweden, Musical America's Conductor of the Year 2012. Programming highlights for this landmark season include numerous Festival premieres; multi-event immersions in the art of Brahms, Mendelssohn, and Gershwin; a series juxtaposing time-honored classics with trailblazing new music; plus chamber music, jazz, and pops galore. New York's Gabriel Kahane returns for an encore performance of his 2011 Festival commission, while the Cantus Vocal Ensemble and Jasper String Quartet serve as 2012's Young-Professionals-in-Residence. An impressive guest-star roster presents more than 30 soloists, including pianists Yefim Bronfman, Kirill Gerstein, and Benjamin Grosvenor; violinists Joshua Bell, James Ehnes, and Jennifer Koh; cellist Alisa Weilerstein; vocalists Susanna Phillips, Curtis Stigers, and Tracy Dahl; and electric guitarist/composer Steven Mackey. Ensembles include the Calder Quartet, Tiempo Libre, and Opus One, and guest conductors number Andrey Boreyko, Stéphane Denève, Bramwell Tovey, and Jeff Tyzik among them. As before, chamber concerts will be held in the intimate Vail Mountain School and Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, while large-scale concerts take place in Vail's spectacular Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, which accommodates 1,260 guests in covered seating and an additional 1,300 on the expansive grassy hillside, with its breathtaking view of the Rocky Mountains.
Anne-Marie McDermott has been called "one of the great pianists of her generation" (Philadelphia Inquirer). Following the success of last year's Festival, she returns for her second year as Artistic Director, the third in the Festival's history. She explains:
"The 25th anniversary of the Festival has been designed both to honor the past, guided so brilliantly by Executive Director John Giovando, and to embrace the future. The staples of the orchestral repertoire will be stunningly rendered by our three great orchestras, while we continue to introduce audiences to works - old and new - not yet heard in Vail. My goal is to make it all excellent, fun, rich, vital, and infused with passion."
To launch the silver anniversary season, McDermott has invited her two esteemed predecessors, flutist Eugenia Zukerman and Festival co-founder violinist Ida Kavafian, to join her for a free and festive evening of music (June 25). This marks the first of McDermott's numerous Festival appearances, which include one of the season's many premieres, a performance of Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto on an all-Tchaikovsky program with the New York Philharmonic, guest conducted by Grammy Award-winner Bramwell Tovey (July 21). The Artistic Director also joins three of her favorite fellow pianists for "4 x 4: A Two-Piano Extravaganza Redux," which re-visits last year's similar and resoundingly successful event, and with which the present season concludes (Aug 4).
To honor the milestone season, 2012 sees a number of important works unveiled at Bravo! Vail for the first time: besides McDermott's Tchaikovsky performance, these Festival premieres include Nielsen's Third Symphony and Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83 (July 26) and Mozart's Mass in C minor (July 27), both by the New York Philharmonic; Bruckner's Eighth Symphony (July 1); and the concert version of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess by the Dallas Symphony (June 30). Upcoming artistic debuts include eminent conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, just prior to his inaugural season as music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and superstar violinist Joshua Bell.
With the Philadelphians under French maestro Stéphane Denève, Bell traverses the beloved and soulful Violin Concerto of Felix Mendelssohn (July 14); the great German early-Romantic is one of three composers whose art is explored in depth this season. Composers often forge their most potent musical ideas into works for just a few players, and, like last summer, Vail Music Festival's acclaimed chamber music offerings are presented as "Big Music for Little Bands." Some of Mendelssohn's finest works are tendered under this rubric, with 2011 MacArthur Fellow, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and "risk-taking, high-octane" (Strad) violinist Jennifer Koh joining Artistic Director McDermott to play his perennially popular Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor (June 28). Similarly, Kavafian, Vail Music Festival's first artistic director and co-founder, joins McDermott and cellist Peter Wiley for Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, which was dedicated to composer Louis Spohr (July 29). Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra come together to play the inimitable Octet in E-flat on a program with Mendelssohn's Songs, sung by 2010 Beverly Sills Artist, soprano Susanna Phillips, to McDermott's piano accompaniment (July 10).
All three of these "Big Music for Little Bands" chamber events juxtapose Mendelssohn's music with that of Vail Music Festival's second featured composer, his compatriot Johannes Brahms. Perhaps the quintessential master of Romantic chamber music, Brahms's evocative First Piano Trio in B is coupled with Mendelssohn's First (June 28), while his Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 1 in G minor balances Mendelssohn's Second Piano Trio in a performance by the Opus One Piano Quartet, comprising violist Steven Tenenbom with McDermott, Kavafian, and Wiley (July 29). Likewise Mendelssohn's Octet and Songs provide the foil for Brahms's own Songs and Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano in A minor, which features Lionel Tertis International Competition-winner Paul Neubauer on viola (July 10).
Brahms also figures prominently in Vail Music Festival's 2012 orchestral programming, with performances of four major works scheduled. Both the New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra have selected Brahms symphonies for their opening concerts, the New York ensemble beginning its residency with the First, under dynamic Russian guest conductor Andrey Boryeko (July 20), while for Nézet-Séguin's debut, the Philadelphians undertake Brahms's dark and introspective Fourth. This shares a program with the composer's sole Violin Concerto, performed by violinist James Ehnes, "the Jascha Heifetz of our day" (Globe and Mail) (July 6). Under music director Alan Gilbert, the New York Philharmonic tackles Brahms's Second Piano Concerto in B-flat with Grammy Award-winning powerhouse pianist Yefim Bronfman as soloist (July 26). And the Dallas Symphony, under Musical America's Conductor of the Year, Jaap van Zweden, collaborates with Koh and Weilerstein in a performance of the composer's final orchestral work, the sonorous Double Concerto, alongside Schubert's Ninth Symphony, the "Great" (June 29).
By contrast with the two German Romantics, the third composer to come under the spotlight at Vail Music Festival this season is George Gershwin, who died 75 years ago this July and who, in his short life, penned much of America's most recognizable music. This includes the song favorites performed by renowned Canadian coloratura soprano Tracy Dahl, with the New York Philharmonic under Tovey (July 22). Beloved and equally familiar is the composer's "folk opera" Porgy and Bess, the concert version of which - in its premiere Festival performance - forms the centerpiece of the all-Gershwin program presented by the Dallas Symphony and leading pops conductor Jeff Tyzik (June 30).
Besides the three composer immersions, another cornerstone of the 25th anniversary season is the introduction of McDermott's new "Silver Nights" series: three evenings of chamber music written over the past 500 years, in the relaxed and beautiful setting of Vail's Donovan Pavilion. The three programs juxtapose music from past centuries by composers like Couperin, Schubert, and Debussy, whose music has been successfully absorbed over time into the mainstream, with thorny experimentalists like Charles Ives and composers of our own day like Thomas Adès and Osvaldo Golijov. These include Steven Mackey and last summer's Composer-in-Residence Gabriel Kahane, who will be in attendance at the Festival and taking part in performances of their own music. After a successful performance at the Festival in 2011, the Calder Quartet returns with the first performance of the string quartet-version of Philip Glass's American Four Seasons, featuring soloist Robert McDuffie. Between hour-long sets, audience members can enjoy a glass of wine as they socialize with players and composers, learning directly from the artists themselves about the music they love and why it attracts them. By presenting new music in so sympathetic a light, this creative programming represents a delightful and highly innovative approach to audience development (July 31-Aug 2).
The upcoming anniversary season includes concerto appearances from a stellar lineup of soloists. Reigning Gilmore Artist Kirill Gerstein - recent Artist-in-Residence at the Houston Symphony's RachFest and "one of the most respected pianists of his generation" (New York Times) - returns to perform Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Nézet-Séguin, on a program with Tchaikovsky's final Symphony, the "Pathéthique" (July 7). The New York Philharmonic hosts the debut of teenage piano sensation Benjamin Grosvenor, just named one of the year's top ten Britons by London's Daily Telegraph. Grosvenor plays Saint-Saëns's Second Piano Concerto with Boreyko conducting, on the same program as Brahms's First Symphony (July 20). In addition to her Tchaikovsky premiere, McDermott undertakes Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C with the Dallas Symphony and van Zweden (June 27). Pianist Inon Barnatan - "a player of uncommon sensitivity" (New Yorker) - plays Bach's Keyboard Concerto in F minor with the same forces (July 1). "Remarkable musician" (Washington Post) Alban Gerhardt plays the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Philadelphians (July 13) while violinist Sheryl Staples joins Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic for renditions of "Winter" and "Spring" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons (July 25).
On a lighter note, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra demonstrates its versatility on Independence Day, with the wildly popular annual "Patriotic Celebration" (July 4). This year's event, a co-presentation with the Vail Valley Foundation, features legendary jazz vocalist Curtis Stigers and guest pops conductor Jeff Tyzik in a musical partnership. Prior to the Patriotic Celebrations, Curtis Stigers and Jeff Tyzik perform "Swingin' with Curtis Stigers" which is co produced by Vail Jazz Foundation (July 2). Steven Reineke, music director of the New York Pops, returns to conduct The Philadelphia Orchestra in "Three Wicked Divas," which features two Broadway stars, Helen Hayes Award-winner Stephanie J. Block and Julia Murney. Joining them is one of Vail Music Festival's two Young-Professionals-in-Residence, Cantus, described by Fanfare magazine as "the premier men's vocal ensemble in the United States." The Philadelphia Orchestra's assistant conductor, Cristian Macelaru, will conduct the celebrated Cirque de la Symphonie, in which live orchestral music accompanies the circus troupe's spellbinding stunts (July 8). Cantus also presents the first three events in the Festival's "Free & Easy" series, which comprise hour-long concerts in a relaxed setting with free admission (July 9, 10, & 18). The remaining two are courtesy of the other Young-Professionals-in-Residence, the Jasper String Quartet, winner of the 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award (July 23 & 30).
The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival also offers four intimate "Soirées," comprising solo piano recitals by Bronfman (July 24) and McDermott (July 17); a "Gypsy Affair" from soprano Susanna Phillips, violist Neubauer, and McDermott (July 9); and an evening of chamber music from the Calder Quartet with Ida Kavafian and Steven Tenenbom (July 30).
Rounding out the season's generous programming is a free family concert by the National Repertory Orchestra performing Bach's Double Violin Concerto (July 12), and audiences can put on their dancing shoes and let loose with Tiempo Libre. Based on its Bach in Havana recording, this hot Cuban music group's "Big Music for Little Bands" show takes the music of Bach as its inspiration and aims to have everyone on their feet (July 16). The 25th Anniversary Gala, comprising a dinner, dance, and auction to the theme of "Under the Silvery Moon," will be held on July 21.
Tickets for the 25th anniversary season will be available for purchase starting Monday, April 23. See www.vailmusic.org for further details.
About the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival was founded in 1987 by John Giovando, an attorney with a love of classical music, with eminent violinist Ida Kavafian. Through world-class performances, dedicated leadership, and generous support from the community, the Festival has grown from attracting a handful of attendees to an annual audience of more than 60,000. More than 30 distinguished soloists visit the Vail Valley to perform in chamber ensembles and as soloists with the three world-class resident orchestras. Running from late June through early August, Vail Music Festival presents the highest level of music-making in spectacular Vail Valley venues, touching the lives of thousands of people - many of whom come to the area specifically to experience the pleasures of the Festival and the beauty of the majestic Rocky Mountains. As the Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns observes, "Few if any classical music institutions west of the Mississippi have flourished as Bravo! has."
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival 2012 Program Details
Monday, June 25 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
A 25-Year Salute to Three Artistic Directors
Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor (selected movements)
Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major (selected movements)
Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op. 12
Shostakovich: Three Duets for violin and piano
Gershwin: It Ain't Necessarily So
Doppler: Rondo and Andante
Rachmaninoff/Kriesler: Liebeslied
Liszt: Étude de Paganini No. 6 in A minor
Ida Kavafian, violin
Eugenia Zukerman, flute
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Free
Wednesday, June 27 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Beethoven: Fidelio Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Thursday, June 28 at 6pm
Concert Hall, Vail Mountain School
Big Music for Little Bands
Mendelssohn: Trio in D minor for piano, violin, and cello, Op. 49
Brahms: Trio No. 1 in B for piano, violin, and cello, Op. 8
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Jennifer Koh, violin
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Friday, June 29 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Brahms: Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra, Op. 102
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 ("Great")
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Jennifer Koh, violin
Saturday, June 30 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
A Salute to George Gershwin
Funny Face Overture, Gershwin Lullaby, Rialto, Ripples, "The Man I Love," Cuban Overture
Porgy and Bess, Concert Version - Vail Premiere
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jeff Tyzik
Evans Chorus / Catherine Sailer
Janice-Chandler Eteme, soprano
Kevin Deas, baritone
Sunday, July 1 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden
Inon Barnatan, piano
Monday, July 2 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Swingin' with Curtis Stigers
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jeff Tyzik
Curtis Stigers, jazz vocalist (Vail Music Festival Debut)
Wednesday, July 4 at 2pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
A Patriotic Celebration
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jeff Tyzik
Curtis Stigers, jazz vocalist
Friday, July 6 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin
James Ehnes, violin
Saturday, July 7 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Sunday, July 8 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Cirque de la Symphonie
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Cristian Macelaru
Monday July 9 at 6 pm
Little Beach Amphitheater, Minturn
Free & Easy
Cantus Vocal Ensemble
Monday, July 9 at 6pm
Location TBA
A Gypsy Affair
Soirée
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Paul Neubauer, viola
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Tuesday, July 10 at 11am
Vail Interfaith Chapel, Vail
Free & Easy
Cantus Vocal Ensemble
Tuesday, July 10 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek
Big Music for Little Bands
Donor Appreciation Concert and Reception
Mendelssohn: Songs
Brahms: Trio for Viola (Clarinet), Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114
Brahms: Songs
Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major for strings, Op. 40
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Paul Neubauer, viola
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Wednesday, July 11 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Selections from Wicked, Carmen, Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, and Ragtime
Wicked Divas
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Steven Reineke
Stephanie Block, vocalist
Julia Murney, vocalist
Thursday, July 12 at 11am
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Family Youth Concert
Program to include:
Bach Concerto for Two Violins in B minor,
BWV 1043
National Repertory Orchestra / Carl Topilow
Clara Neubauer, violin
Oliver Neubauer, violin
Free
Friday, July 13 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Stéphane Denève
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Saturday, July 14 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
DvoĹ™ák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Stéphane Denève
Joshua Bell, violin
Monday, July 16 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek
Big Music for Little Bands
Tiempo Libre - "Bach in Havana"
Tuesday, July 17 at 6pm
Sherry and Jim Smith Residence, Arrowhead
Soirée
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Wednesday, July 18 at 5pm
Gypsum Town Hall, Gypsum
Free & Easy
Cantus Vocal Ensemble
Friday, July 20 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
De Falla: Danza Ritual del Fuego (Ritual Fire Dance) from El Amor Brujo
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
New York Philharmonic / Andrey Boreyko
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Saturday, July 21 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44
Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Act IV of Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
New York Philharmonic / Bramwell Tovey
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Saturday, July 21 at 8pm
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail
Under the Silvery Moon
25th Annual Gala
Dinner Dance and Auction
Sunday, July 22 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, and "Glitter and be Gay" from Candide
Gershwin: "The Man I Love," "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "A Foggy Day in London Town," "Fascinatin' Rhythm," and An American in Paris
New York Philharmonic / Bramwell Tovey
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Monday, July 23 at 7:30pm
Cordillera Lodge and Spa
Free & Easy
Jasper String Quartet
(J Freivogel, violin; Sae Chonabayashi; violin, Sam Quintal, viola; Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello)
Tuesday, July 24 at 6pm
Sandi and Greg Walton Residence, Arrowhead
Soirée
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Wednesday, July 25 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, La primavera (Spring)
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, L'inverno (Winter)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Sheryl Staples, violin
Thursday, July 26 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Jennifer Zetland, soprano
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Friday, July 27 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Mozart: Mass in C minor, K. 427
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus / Duain Wolfe
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appelby, tenor
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Sunday, July 29 at 6pm
Concert Hall, Vail Mountain School
Big Music for Little Bands
Mendelssohn: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 6
Brahms: Quartet No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 25
Opus One Piano Quartet
(Ida Kavafian, violin; Steve Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano)
Monday, July 30 at 6pm
Carol and Pat Welsh Residence, Vail
Soirée
Calder Quartet
(Benjamin Jacobson, violin; Andrew Bulbrook, violin; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Beyers, Cello)
Ida Kavafian, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Monday, July 30 at 7:30pm
Brush Creek Pavillion, Eagle
Free & Easy
Jasper String Quartet
(J Freivogel, violin; Sae Chonabayashi; violin, Sam Quintal, viola; Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello)
Tuesday, July 31 at 6pm
Donovan Pavilion, Vail
Big Music for Little Bands - Silver Nights at the Donovan (Evening I)
6 pm: Cosma: Promenade sentimentale from the film Diva
Couperin: L'âme-en peine ("The Anguished Soul")
Evans: Turn Out the Stars
Scriabin: Etude No. 5 in C sharp minor, Op. 42
Korngold: (arr. Prutsman) Farewell Moon
Feldman: Intermission I
Scarlatti: Sonata K. 247
Crumb: Pastorale (from the Kingdom of Atlantis, ca. 10,000 BC) from Makrokosmos No.1
Debussy : Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest ("What the West Wind Saw")
7 pm: Wine and Conversation with Performers and Composers
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Wednesday, August 1 at 6pm
Big Music for Little Bands - Silver Nights at the Donovan (Evening II)
6 pm: Kahane: Come on all you Ghosts (a Bravo commission)
Ades: Arcadiana for String Quartet
Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu Singen
Ives: The Things Our Fathers Loved
Schubert: Suleika
Ives: Tom Sails Away
Schubert: Litanei
7 pm: Wine and Conversation with Performers and Composers
7:30 pm: Works for solo and four-hands piano
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Gabriel Kahane, singer/composer
Calder String Quartet
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Thursday, August 2 at 6pm
Big Music for Little Bands - Silver Nights at the Donovan (Evening III)
6 p.m. Program to include:
Mackey: Physical Property; I've Grown So Ugly - for String Quartet and Electric Guitar
Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11
Golijov: Nonet for Two String Quartets and Double Bass
7 p.m. Wine and Conversation with Performers and Composers
7:30 p.m. Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Glass: The American Four Seasons for Violin and String Quartet
Robert McDuffie, violin
Steve Mackey, electric guitar
Calder String Quartet
Jasper String Quartet
Saturday, August 4 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek
4 x 4 - A Two Piano Extravaganza REDUX
Alessio Bax, piano
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Stephen Prutsman, piano
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GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
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GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
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Robert Lepage’s technologically advanced new staging of Wagner’s Ring cycle comes to an epic climax with Götterdämmerung (“The Twilight of the Gods.”) Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads one of opera’s most thrilling dramas, which stars Deborah Voigt as Brünnhilde, the warrior-maiden-turned-mortal whose actions lead to global apocalypse. Jay Hunter Morris, who stepped into the title role of Wagner’s Siegfried earlier this season to great acclaim, again sings the role of the doomed hero. The distinguished cast of Wagnerians also includes the American soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer as the princess Gutrune; the German mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier as Waltraute, a Valkyrie messenger of doom; German bass Hans-Peter König as the greedy villain Hagen; American bass-baritone Eric Owens as Hagen’s father, the evil dwarf Alberich; and Scottish bass-baritone Iain Paterson as the cowardly human king Gunther. Patricia Racette hosts the transmission.
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Special One Year Anniversary Concert
“The Masters”
February 17, 2012
7:00pm
United Methodist Church of Sun City Center
February 18, 2012
3:00pm
Crossroads United Methodist Church of Sarasota
Featuring Guest Violin Soloist Michael Jorgensen From Cincinnati, Ohio
Haydn's String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 "Fifths"
Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" Concertos
Tickets: $5.00/person at the door.
DSO welcomes St. Louis Concertmaster David Halen
Detroit, (February 1, 2012) –The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is honored to welcome St. Louis Symphony Concertmaster David Halen to lead the Orchestra as a guest concertmaster for its “Ravishing Rachmaninoff” performances. The program includes the DSO premiere of Cindy McTee’s Einstein’s Dream, Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, all under the baton of DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin. Violinist Julian Rachlin will join the Orchestra for Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. The performances will take place on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 10 at 10:45 a.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m.
Born in Bellevue, Ohio, David Halen didn’t have to look far for his musical influences: his father, the late Walter J. Halen, was also his violin professor at Central Missouri State University; his mother, a former member of the Kansas City Symphony; and his older brother, the Acting Concertmaster of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Halen began playing the violin at the age of 6, and earned his bachelor’s degree at the age of 19. In that same year, he won the Music Teachers National Association Competition and was granted a Fulbright scholarship for study with Wolfgang Marschner at the Freiburg Hochschule für Musik in Germany, the youngest recipient ever to have been honored with this prestigious award. In addition, Mr. Halen holds a master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, studying with Sergiu Luca.
Halen is the second of two guest concertmasters with more than 20 years’ experience leading a major American orchestra joining the DSO this season. Following Emmanuelle Boisvert’s 23-year tenure as DSO concertmaster, Slatkin is taking this opportunity to introduce the Orchestra to different leadership styles, in order to supplement the leadership of acting concertmaster Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy.
Julian Rachlin is one of the most exciting and respected violinists of our time. For the last 23 years, he has been captivating audiences around the world with his distinctively rich sound, superb musicianship and outstanding interpretations. He has established close relationships with many of the most prestigious conductors and orchestras. Always willing to expend his musical horizons, Rachlin is also praised as a viola player and, most recently, as a conductor. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the internationally renowned “Julian Rachlin & Friends” festival held annually in Dubrovnik, Croatia, a platform for creative and vibrant projects with today’s leading musicians and actors. Besides delighting his audiences with his musical performances, Rachlin is also receiving recognition as a young philanthropist for his charity work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and his educational outreach.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets to Ravishing Rachmaninoff begin at $15 and may be purchased at the Max M. Fisher Music Center box office (3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit); by calling (313) 576-5111; or online at www.dso.org. Detroit residents may reserve a ticket for $20 each in any section, excluding the box level, within two weeks of the performance. A valid photo ID with a Detroit address is required. Military personnel who returned home this year may receive up to two free tickets to all Orchestra Hall Classical and Jazz concerts. Seating is subject to availability and excludes box level. Limit two tickets per performance. Tickets must be reserved within two weeks of the performance. Must show valid deployment orders upon ticket retrieval. For group discount information (10 people or more), please contact Chuck Dyer at (313) 576-5130 or [email protected]
PERFORMANCE
Ravishing Rachmaninoff
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Julian Rachlin, violin
Thu., Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 10 at 10:45 a.m.; Sat., Feb. 11 at 8 p.m.
| CINDY McTEE | Einstein’s Dream |
| SHOSTAKOVICH | Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor |
| RACHMANINOFF | Symphonic Dances |
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