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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra to Get a Little Wiggy for its Audiences in an “Authentic Mozart” Experience February 19-21, 2010.
LANCASTER, PA -- Prepare for a unique experience when the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra takes the Fulton stage on February 19, 20 and 21, 2010. Audience members will be transported across the seas and into an 18th century, Austrian nobleman’s parlor. Bedecked in powdered wigs, ruffles, waistcoats and other formal, Viennese attire of the period, the Orchestra will immerse music lovers in an “Authentic Mozart” experience and treat its audiences to three of the Master’s works.
The “Authentic Mozart” repertoire will feature internationally acclaimed pianist Diane Walsh, performing the Master’s glorious and most popular piano concerto, Piano Concerto No. 21 “Elvira Madigan.” The concerts will also showcase the Orchestra performing Mozart’s rapturously received and passionate Overture to the Opera “Don Giovanni” and his Symphony No. 38 “Prague,” the exuberant tribute to his faithful, Bohemian supporters.
“[Diane] Walsh is a performer of great honesty and integrity, a pianist with superb technique,” wrote The Boston Globe. The esteemed and much recorded artist has performed around the world. In addition to the 15 compact discs capturing her performances, she has been guest soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra and the orchestras of Austin, Delaware, Indianapolis, San Francisco, St. Louis and Syracuse.
She has also toured with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Abroad, she appeared with the radio symphony orchestras of Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart, as well as orchestras in Brazil, The Netherlands, The Czech Republic and Russia. She also appeared on stage throughout Moisés Kaufman’s Tony-nominated play, “33 Variations.” Jane Fonda starred in the play, which focused on Beethoven’s last years and his composition of “Diabelli Variations.”
Diane Walsh’s numerous honors and awards across her 40-year career include top prizes in the Munich ARD and Salzburg Mozart international competitions, as well as Maryland’s William Kapell International Competition and Italy’s Busoni International Competition. A prizewinner in the Van Cliburn International Competition, she also won that competition’s chamber music award.
The Symphony’s Classic Concert Series concerts will be performed at the historic Fulton Opera House at 12 North Prince Street in Downtown Lancaster. Ample parking is available adjacent to the Fulton and at the Prince Street garage.
Friday’s opening night performances begin at 8 pm. Saturday concerts commence
at 3 pm and 8 pm. Sunday night concerts will be performed at 7:30 pm
Free “Meet the Music” pre-concert talks are held an hour before each performance at the Fulton. A “Meet the Musicians” reception will follow every Friday night concert in the Fulton lobby. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served, and a cash bar will be open.
Tickets to the February 19-21 concert weekend may be reserved by calling the Fulton box office at (717) 397-7425 or visiting lancastersymphony.org online. Single ticket prices range from $25 to $62. Special discounts are offered to groups of 10 or more concertgoers except Sunday evening concerts.
Underwriting the Lancaster Symphony’s 2009-2010 season will be season sponsors
Willow Valley Retirement Communities and Willow Valley Associates. Classic Concert
Series sponsors are Clermont Wealth Strategies at Fulton Bank, Electron Energy Corp.,
Elizabethtown College, Franklin & Marshall College, Millersville University, PNC Bank and TriStarr Staffing. Open Rehearsal sponsor is Highmark Blue Shield, and Sound Discovery sponsor is Lancaster General Health. First Look Hospitality sponsor is Carr’s Restaurant, Encore Hospitality sponsor is FENZ Restaurant. Education sponsor is the Women’s Symphony Association. Ticket sponsor Wiley’s Pharmacy will also be helping support the season.
Season media sponsor will be WITF FM 89.5. Guest artist sponsors for the February 19-21 concert weekend are PNC Bank and DePaul Design.
The 2009-2010 “Only in Lancaster” season marks Maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser’s
29th year as the creative leader of the Symphony. He took the Symphony’s baton in
1980. The Grammy-nominated musician also led the Delaware Symphony for 23 years.
In 2004, he served as artistic advisor and principal conductor for the Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra. He maintains a regular guest-conducting schedule in Bogota and with symphony orchestras all over the world. In addition to judging the prestigious agusa Ibla competition, he also judged the fourth annual Piano Competition in Kazakhstan. The prolific conductor has made 66 recordings and sold over 2 million CDs.
Opening its 62nd season, the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra has evolved from a community orchestra into an organization of professional musicians serving 52,000 music enthusiasts with 24 yearly subscription concerts at the Fulton, two “Sounds of the Season” concerts at Franklin & Marshall College, a New Year’s Eve gala celebration at American Music Theatre and a free, outdoor community patriotic concert in Downtown Lancaster.
The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra is a 75-member, professional orchestra that was founded in 1947 by Frederick S. Klein and John H. Peifer, Jr. from Franklin & Marshall College.
The orchestra is a non-profit organization, governed by a board of 30 community volunteers and managed by a professional staff under the direction of president and chief executive officer M. Scott Robinson. Ticket sales revenues and donations from hundreds of corporate and private benefactors underwrite the Symphony’s invaluable contribution to the quality of life in south central Pennsylvania.
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Last updated Tuesday, Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:03:16 AM
Nancy LeVasseur, Web Content Manager
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