[NEohioPAL]Pianist Richard Goode Opens Artist Recital Series at Oberlin Sept. 25
Marci Janas
Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu
Tue Sep 13 11:07:18 PDT 2005
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Marci Janas
September 13, 2005 =
440-775-8328//marci.janas at oberlin.edu
PIANIST RICHARD GOODE OPENS OBERLIN=92S
127th ARTIST RECITAL SERIES ON SEPTEMBER 25
<Editors please note: digital photos are available by contacting Marci=20=
Janas.>
=09
OBERLIN, OHIO =96 Oberlin College=92s Artist Recital Series, one of the=20=
oldest continuing concert series in the United States, opens the=20
2005-2006 season with renowned pianist and Beethoven interpreter=20
Richard Goode Sunday, September 25, at 3 p.m. in Finney Chapel, located=20=
on the southwest corner of Lorain St. (Route 511) and N. Professor St.,=20=
across from Tappan Square. Finney Chapel is wheelchair accessible.
Hailed for music making of tremendous emotional power, depth, =
and=20
expressiveness, Goode is acknowledged worldwide as one of today=92s=20
leading interpreters of the music of Beethoven, a fact that Oberlin=20
audiences will appreciate, since Goode=92s program includes three=20
Beethoven sonatas: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78, Piano=20=
Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, =93Path=E9tique,=94 and Piano Sonata =
No. 6=20
in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2. The program concludes with Franz Schubert=92s=20=
Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. Posth.
David Blum, writing in The New Yorker, says that =93what one =
remembers=20
most from Goode=92s playing is not its beauty=97exceptional as it is=97but=
=20
his way of coming to grips with the composer=92s central thought, so =
that=20
a work tends to make sense beyond one=92s previous perception of it =85.=20=
The spontaneous formulating process of the creator [becomes] tangible=20
in the concert hall.=94
Richard Goode has made more than two-dozen recordings, including=20=
Mozart Concerti with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the complete=20
Beethoven Piano Sonatas, the complete Partitas by J.S. Bach, and=20
chamber and solo works of Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and=20
George Perle. Goode is the first American-born pianist to have recorded=20=
the complete Beethoven Sonatas, which were nominated for a 1994 Grammy=20=
Award. His recordings of the cycle have been hailed as among the finest=20=
interpretations of these works and have become a favorite of record=20
buyers around the world.
Over the last few seasons, Goode has appeared with many of the =
world=92s=20
greatest orchestras, including the Boston Symphony under Ozawa, the=20
Chicago Symphony under Eschenbach, the Cleveland Orchestra under=20
Zinman, the San Francisco Symphony under Blomstedt, the Deutsches=20
Symphonie Orchester under Ashkenazy, and the BBC Symphony under=20
Belohlavek at the London Proms. He has been heard throughout Germany in=20=
sold-out concerts with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under=20
Sir Neville Marriner.
As a recitalist, Goode has become a favorite throughout Europe =
as well=20
as the United States, including regular appearances in Paris, London,=20
Amsterdam, Vienna, and the leading cities of Germany and Italy.
Goode serves with Mitsuko Uchida as co-artistic director of the=20=
Marlboro Music School and Festival in Marlboro, Vermont.
Single tickets for Richard Goode=92s performance, as well as all =
of the=20
concerts in the series, will become available for purchase after=20
September 18. All seats are reserved, and tickets purchased at the door=20=
are an additional $3. Prices range from $7 for students, $16 for=20
seniors and those with an Oberlin College I.D. (faculty, staff, alumni,=20=
parents, and area educators), and $20 for the public. Tickets are=20
available by calling Oberlin=92s Central Ticket Service (CTS) 24-hour=20
reservation line at 440-775-8169. The CTS box office is located in the=20=
lobby of Hall Auditorium, 67 N. Main St. (Route 58), between the=20
Oberlin Inn and the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Box-office hours are=20
Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m.
Season subscription tickets are still available for the =
eight-concert=20
series, which includes the Mir=F3 String Quartet, the chamber orchestra =
I=20
Musici de Montr=E9al, the King=92s Singers, violinist Nadja=20
Salerno-Sonnenberg, the Wayne Shorter Quartet, the Swedish percussion=20
ensemble Kroumata, and the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Donald=20
Runnicles. All concert performances for the series take place in=20
Oberlin=92s historic Finney Chapel. Free parking is available throughout=20=
the campus. For more information, please visit=20
www.oberlin.edu/arseries.
Two bonus events are available to those who purchase the entire =
series=20
of eight concerts (Package A): free tickets to a rare public coaching=20
by legendary mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne in Finney Chapel on October=20
16, and admission to a performance by the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra,=20
conducted by Bridget-Michaele Reischl, at Severance Hall April 18,=20
2006. Seating for the bonus events is general admission.
In addition, those purchasing either the complete, eight-concert=20=
series (Package A) or the six-concert package (Package B) before=20
October 1 will be given the opportunity to purchase a second identical=20=
subscription at half price. The six-concert package consists of Richard=20=
Goode, the Mir=F3 Quartet, I Musici de Montr=E9al, Nadia=20
Salerno-Sonnenberg, Kroumata, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Detailed information about the performers, dates, and times for =
this=20
year=92s Artist Recital Series is available online at=20
www.oberlin.edu/arseries. For additional information, please call=20
440-775-8169. Concert artists, programs, and dates are subject to=20
change.
The Artist Recital Series is sponsored by the Oberlin =
Conservatory of=20
Music at Oberlin College with additional support from the Friends of=20
the Artist Recital Series. There are many benefits to becoming a Friend=20=
of the Artist Recital Series, including additional discounts on=20
subscription packages, complimentary recordings, recognition in concert=20=
programs, and invitations to receptions with guest artists. Membership=20=
fees are tax deductible. For additional information, please call=20
440-775-8169.
Media sponsorship for the Artist Recital Series is provided by =
WCLV=20
104.9-FM, Cleveland=92s classical music radio station, WVIZ and =
90.3-WCPN=20
ideastream, and Northern Ohio Live magazine.
# # #
9/13/05
Media Contact: Marci Janas
Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440-775-8328
(F) 440-775-5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu=
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</underline> <underline>MEDIA
CONTACT:</underline> Marci Janas
September 13, 2005 =
<underline>440-775-8328//marci.janas at oberlin.edu
</underline><center><bold><bigger>PIANIST RICHARD GOODE OPENS
OBERLIN=92S=20
127th ARTIST RECITAL SERIES ON SEPTEMBER 25</bigger>
<<Editors please note: digital photos are available by contacting
Marci Janas.>
</bold></center>=09
<bigger>OBERLIN, OHIO =96 Oberlin College=92s Artist Recital Series, one
of the oldest continuing concert series in the United States, opens
the 2005-2006 season with renowned pianist and Beethoven interpreter
Richard Goode Sunday, September 25, at 3 p.m. in Finney Chapel,
located on the southwest corner of Lorain St. (Route 511) and N.
Professor St., across from Tappan Square. Finney Chapel is wheelchair
accessible.
Hailed for music making of tremendous emotional power, depth, =
and
expressiveness, Goode is acknowledged worldwide as one of today=92s
leading interpreters of the music of Beethoven, a fact that Oberlin
audiences will appreciate, since Goode=92s program includes three
Beethoven sonatas: <italic>Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op.
78, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, =93Path=E9tique,=94</italic> =
and
<italic>Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2</italic>. The
program concludes with Franz Schubert=92s <italic>Piano Sonata in B-flat
Major, Op. Posth.
</italic>David Blum, writing in <italic>The New Yorker</italic>, =
says
that =93what one remembers most from Goode=92s playing is not its
beauty=97exceptional as it is=97but his way of coming to grips with the
composer=92s central thought, so that a work tends to make sense beyond
one=92s previous perception of it =85. The spontaneous formulating =
process
of the creator [becomes] tangible in the concert hall.=94
Richard Goode has made more than two-dozen recordings, including
Mozart <italic>Concerti</italic> with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra,
the complete Beethoven <italic>Piano Sonatas</italic>, the complete
<italic>Partitas</italic> by J.S. Bach, and chamber and solo works of
Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and George Perle. Goode is the
first American-born pianist to have recorded the complete Beethoven
<italic>Sonatas</italic>, which were nominated for a 1994 Grammy
Award. His recordings of the cycle have been hailed as among the
finest interpretations of these works and have become a favorite of
record buyers around the world.
Over the last few seasons, Goode has appeared with many of the
world=92s greatest orchestras, including the Boston Symphony under
Ozawa, the Chicago Symphony under Eschenbach, the Cleveland Orchestra
under Zinman, the San Francisco Symphony under Blomstedt, the
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester under Ashkenazy, and the BBC Symphony
under Belohlavek at the London Proms. He has been heard throughout
Germany in sold-out concerts with the Academy of St. Martin in the
Fields under Sir Neville Marriner.
As a recitalist, Goode has become a favorite throughout Europe =
as
well as the United States, including regular appearances in Paris,
London, Amsterdam, Vienna, and the leading cities of Germany and Italy.
Goode serves with Mitsuko Uchida as co-artistic director of the
Marlboro Music School and Festival in Marlboro, Vermont.
Single tickets for Richard Goode=92s performance, as well as all =
of the
concerts in the series, will become available for purchase after
September 18. All seats are reserved, and tickets purchased at the
door are an additional $3. Prices range from $7 for students, $16 for
seniors and those with an Oberlin College I.D. (faculty, staff,
alumni, parents, and area educators), and $20 for the public. Tickets
are available by calling Oberlin=92s Central Ticket Service (CTS)
24-hour reservation line at 440-775-8169. The CTS box office is
located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium, 67 N. Main St. (Route 58),
between the Oberlin Inn and the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Box-office
hours are Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m.
Season subscription tickets are still available for the =
eight-concert
series, which includes the Mir=F3 String Quartet, the chamber orchestra
I Musici de Montr=E9al, the King=92s Singers, violinist Nadja
Salerno-Sonnenberg, the Wayne Shorter Quartet, the Swedish percussion
ensemble Kroumata, and the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Donald
Runnicles. All concert performances for the series take place in
Oberlin=92s historic Finney Chapel. Free parking is available throughout
the campus. For more information, please visit
www.oberlin.edu/arseries.
Two bonus events are available to those who purchase the entire
series of eight concerts (Package A): free tickets to a rare public
coaching by legendary mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne in Finney Chapel on
October 16, and admission to a performance by the Oberlin Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by Bridget-Michaele Reischl, at Severance Hall
April 18, 2006. Seating for the bonus events is general admission.
In addition, those purchasing either the complete, eight-concert
series (Package A) or the six-concert package (Package B) before
October 1 will be given the opportunity to purchase a second identical
subscription at half price. The six-concert package consists of
Richard Goode, the Mir=F3 Quartet, I Musici de Montr=E9al, Nadia
Salerno-Sonnenberg, Kroumata, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Detailed information about the performers, dates, and times for =
this
year=92s Artist Recital Series is available online at
www.oberlin.edu/arseries. For additional information, please call
440-775-8169. Concert artists, programs, and dates are subject to
change.=20
The Artist Recital Series is sponsored by the Oberlin =
Conservatory of
Music at Oberlin College with additional support from the Friends of
the Artist Recital Series. There are many benefits to becoming a
Friend of the Artist Recital Series, including additional discounts on
subscription packages, complimentary recordings, recognition in
concert programs, and invitations to receptions with guest artists.
Membership fees are tax deductible. For additional information, please
call 440-775-8169.
Media sponsorship for the Artist Recital Series is provided by =
WCLV
104.9-FM, Cleveland=92s classical music radio station, WVIZ and
90.3-WCPN ideastream, and <italic>Northern Ohio Live</italic>
magazine.=20
</bigger><center><bigger># # #
</bigger></center><bigger>
9/13/05
Media Contact: <underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFD</param>Marci
Janas</color></underline>=20
</bigger>
Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440-775-8328
(F) 440-775-5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu=
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