[NEohioPAL]The King's Singers to Perform at Oberlin College Feb. 10
Marci Janas
Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu
Fri Jan 13 13:54:28 PST 2006
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MEDIA CONTACT ONLY:
Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations
(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oberlin College=92s Artist Recital Series Presents
the King=92s Singers Feb. 10
OBERLIN, OHIO (Jan. 13, 2006) =97 The world renowned King=92s Singers, =
who=20
are famous for a blended and balanced sound in repertoire that ranges=20
from English madrigals to Freddy Mercury, will perform at Oberlin=20
College on Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel. The program for=20=
this concert includes English renaissance madrigals, songs by Francis=20
Poulenc, sacred music from Estonia, and an adaptation of the timeless=20
legend of Tristan and Isolde.
Tickets for the concert, which is part of Oberlin=92s Artist =
Recital=20
Series, are $10 for students, $22 for those with an Oberlin College=20
I.D. (faculty, staff, alumni, and parents), area educators, and senior=20=
citizens, and $26 for the general public. Tickets purchased at the door=20=
on the evening of the performance are an additional $3. (Please note:=20
Tickets for this concert are nearly sold out; call the Central Ticket=20
Service box office at 440-775-8169 for further information.) The CTS=20
box office is located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium, 67 N. Main St.=20
(Route 58), between the Oberlin Inn and the Allen Memorial Art Museum.=20=
Box office hours are Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Finney=20
Chapel is wheelchair accessible and is located on the southwest corner=20=
of Lorain St. (Route 511) and N. Professor St., across from Tappan=20
Square.
Founded at King=92s College in Cambridge in 1968, the King=92s =
Singers are=20
one of the world=92s most sought-after ensembles, delighting audiences=20=
with charm, wit, and incomparable musicianship. Ronald Broun of the=20
Washington Post writes that the group of two countertenors, tenor, two=20=
baritones, and bass =93can be likened to an expanded barbershop quartet=20=
steeped in the English part-singing vocal tradition.=94 He also praised=20=
one of their Kennedy Center performances as =93technically breathtaking,=20=
luxuriously beautiful, and musically exact.=94
The King=92s Singers have performed in many of the major concert =
halls=20
around the globe as well as such diverse venues as European cathedrals,=20=
Windsor Castle (a private concert for the Royal Family), the Hollywood=20=
Bowl, and Shea Stadium. In addition to countless a cappella recitals,=20
the ensemble has appeared with the symphonies of Atlanta, Baltimore,=20
Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Toronto.
Their all-encompassing repertoire, from medieval to renaissance,=20=
romantic to contemporary, folk to pop, also leaves room for new music,=20=
to which they are seriously committed. In the last three decades they=20
have commissioned 200 works from a host of prominent contemporary=20
composers, including Luciano Berio, Peter Maxwell Davies, Libby Larson,=20=
Gy=F6rgy Ligeti, Gian Carlo Menotti, Ned Rorem, John Rutter, and Gunther=20=
Schuller. Recently, the ensemble commissioned seven composers and poets=20=
to create works for The Oriana Collection, a compilation of world=20
premieres presented at the 2002 London Proms in honor of the Golden=20
Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. This new collection was featured=20
alongside a 1601 madrigal collection, The Triumphs of Oriana, released=20=
on EM Records and part of the Oberlin concert program. The ensemble has=20=
more than 110 recordings to their credit.
About the Artist Recital Series
Since the inception of the Artist Recital Series in 1878, more than=20
1,000 of the most acclaimed and accomplished musicians, conductors,=20
orchestras, chamber ensembles, and composers have graced the stage of=20
Finney Chapel. Stars of such international stature as Dave Brubeck,=20
Alicia de Larrocha, Glenn Gould, Denyce Graves, Jascha Heifetz,=20
Vladimir Horowitz, Yo-Yo Ma, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Isaac Stern, George=20
Szell, and Eugene Ysa=FFe, to name but a few, have performed under the=20=
auspices of the series. Since 1919, the Cleveland Orchestra has=20
appeared on the series every season for a total of 204 performances=20
under the baton of such illustrious =97and varied =97 conductors as =
Nikolai=20
Sokoloff (38 times), Artur Rodzinski (25 times), George Szell (60=20
times), Robert Shaw, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Simon Rattle, Yoel=20
Levi, Christoph von Dohn=E1nyi, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Jahja Ling, Robert=20=
Spano, Franz Welser-M=F6st, Mitskuko Uchida, and Steven Smith. More than=20=
an impressive "Who's Who," the list of artists and ensembles to appear=20=
on the series is an illumination of the best of serious music, spanning=20=
the late 19th century to the present.
The Artist Recital Series is sponsored by the Conservatory and =
the=20
Friends of the Artist Recital Series. Media sponsorship is provided by=20=
104.9 FM-WCLV, ideastream WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN, and Northern Ohio=20
Live magazine.
All programs and artists are subject to change.
About the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
After Sir Simon Rattle conducted the Oberlin Conservatory of =
Music=92s=20
Chamber Orchestra in December 2004, Plain Dealer music critic Donald=20
Rosenberg wrote that the concert was =93stamped by magnificence.=94=20
Rosenberg included the Oberlin-Rattle performance of Mahler=92s Symphony=20=
No. 4, which he described as =93uncommonly rich in poetry and drama,=94 =
in=20
his list of top 10 memorable events from the 2004 concert season.
Magnificence has come to be synonymous with all aspects of the =
Oberlin=20
Conservatory of Music, from its exacting standards for incoming=20
students to the excellence in teaching and performance expected of its=20=
faculty and the notable careers of its alumni, who can be found=20
performing in every major orchestra and opera house and with many of=20
today=92s acclaimed chamber ensembles.
Founded in 1865 and situated within the intellectual vitality of=20=
Oberlin College since 1867, Oberlin is the oldest continuously=20
operating conservatory in the United States. An undergraduate=20
institution, Oberlin is renowned internationally as a professional=20
music school of the highest caliber and has been called a =93national=20
treasure=94 by the Washington Post.
Friday, February 10 at 8 p.m.
Finney Chapel
90 North Professor St.
Oberlin, OH 44074
Oberlin College Artist Recital Series
THE KING=92S SINGERS
JOHN BENNETT, ELLIS GIBBONS,
MICHAEL CAVENDISH, EDWARD JOHNSON,
and THOMAS WEEKLES The Triumphs of Oriana
R. MURRAY SHAFER Tristan and Iseult
FRANCIS POULENC Chansons Fran=E7aises
CYRILLUS KREEK Four Estonian Psalms
Selected love songs
Tickets=97
Students: $10
OCID: $22
Seniors: $22
Area Educators: $22
General Public: $26
At the door: Additional $3
Free parking
Box Office: 440-775-8169
www.oberlin.edu/arseries
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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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MEDIA CONTACT ONLY:
Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations
(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell);
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</flushright><underline>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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</bigger></underline><center><bold><bigger><bigger><bigger>Oberlin
College=92s Artist Recital Series Presents=20
the King=92s Singers Feb. 10 </bigger></bigger>
</bigger></bold></center><underline>
</underline><bigger>OBERLIN, OHIO (Jan. 13, 2006) =97 The world renowned
King=92s Singers, who are famous for a blended and balanced sound in
repertoire that ranges from English madrigals to Freddy Mercury, will
perform at Oberlin College on Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. in Finney
Chapel. The program for this concert includes English renaissance
madrigals, songs by Francis Poulenc, sacred music from Estonia, and an
adaptation of the timeless legend of Tristan and Isolde.=20
Tickets for the concert, which is part of Oberlin=92s Artist =
Recital
Series, are $10 for students, $22 for those with an Oberlin College
I.D. (faculty, staff, alumni, and parents), area educators, and senior
citizens, and $26 for the general public. Tickets purchased at the
door on the evening of the performance are an additional $3. (Please
note: Tickets for this concert are nearly sold out; call the Central
Ticket Service box office at 440-775-8169 for further information.)
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.
Finney Chapel is wheelchair accessible and is located on the southwest
corner of Lorain St. (Route 511) and N. Professor St., across from
Tappan Square.
Founded at King=92s College in Cambridge in 1968, the King=92s =
Singers
are one of the world=92s most sought-after ensembles, delighting
audiences with charm, wit, and incomparable musicianship. Ronald Broun
of the <italic>Washington Post</italic> writes that the group of two
countertenors, tenor, two baritones, and bass =93can be likened to an
expanded barbershop quartet steeped in the English part-singing vocal
tradition.=94 He also praised one of their Kennedy Center performances
as =93technically breathtaking, luxuriously beautiful, and musically
exact.=94
The King=92s Singers have performed in many of the major concert =
halls
around the globe as well as such diverse venues as European
cathedrals, Windsor Castle (a private concert for the Royal Family),
the Hollywood Bowl, and Shea Stadium. In addition to countless
<italic>a cappella</italic> recitals, the ensemble has appeared with
the symphonies of Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota,
Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Toronto.
Their all-encompassing repertoire, from medieval to renaissance,
romantic to contemporary, folk to pop, also leaves room for new music,
to which they are seriously committed. In the last three decades they
have commissioned 200 works from a host of prominent contemporary
composers, including Luciano Berio, Peter Maxwell Davies, Libby
Larson, Gy=F6rgy Ligeti, Gian Carlo Menotti, Ned Rorem, John Rutter, and
Gunther Schuller. Recently, the ensemble commissioned seven composers
and poets to create works for <italic>The Oriana Collection</italic>,
a compilation of world premieres presented at the 2002 London Proms in
honor of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. This new collection
was featured alongside a 1601 madrigal collection, <italic>The
Triumphs of Oriana</italic>, released on EM Records and part of the
Oberlin concert program. The ensemble has more than 110 recordings to
their credit.
<bold>About the Artist Recital Series
</bold>Since the inception of the Artist Recital Series in 1878, more
than 1,000 of the most acclaimed and accomplished musicians,
conductors, orchestras, chamber ensembles, and composers have graced
the stage of Finney Chapel. Stars of such international stature as
Dave Brubeck, Alicia de Larrocha, Glenn Gould, Denyce Graves, Jascha
Heifetz, Vladimir Horowitz, Yo-Yo Ma, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Isaac
Stern, George Szell, and Eugene Ysa=FFe, to name but a few, have
performed under the auspices of the series. Since 1919, the Cleveland
Orchestra has appeared on the series every season for a total of 204
performances under the baton of such illustrious =97and varied =97
conductors as Nikolai Sokoloff (38 times), Artur Rodzinski (25 times),
George Szell (60 times), Robert Shaw, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel,
Simon Rattle, Yoel Levi, Christoph von Dohn=E1nyi, Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Jahja Ling, Robert Spano, Franz Welser-M=F6st, Mitskuko Uchida, and
Steven Smith. More than an impressive "Who's Who," the list of artists
and ensembles to appear on the series is an illumination of the best
of serious music, spanning the late 19th century to the present.
The Artist Recital Series is sponsored by the Conservatory and =
the
Friends of the Artist Recital Series. Media sponsorship is provided by
104.9 FM-WCLV, ideastream WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN, and <italic>Northern
Ohio Live</italic> magazine.
All programs and artists are subject to change.
<bold>About the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
</bold> After Sir Simon Rattle conducted the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music=92s Chamber Orchestra in December 2004, <italic>Plain
Dealer</italic> music critic Donald Rosenberg wrote that the concert
was =93stamped by magnificence.=94 Rosenberg included the Oberlin-Rattle
performance of Mahler=92s <italic>Symphony No. 4, </italic>which he
described as =93uncommonly rich in poetry and drama,=94 in his list of =
top
10 memorable events from the 2004 concert season.
Magnificence has come to be synonymous with all aspects of the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, from its exacting standards for
incoming students to the excellence in teaching and performance
expected of its faculty and the notable careers of its alumni, who can
be found performing in every major orchestra and opera house and with
many of today=92s acclaimed chamber ensembles.
Founded in 1865 and situated within the intellectual vitality of
Oberlin College since 1867, Oberlin is the oldest continuously
operating conservatory in the United States. An undergraduate
institution, Oberlin is renowned internationally as a professional
music school of the highest caliber and has been called a =93national
treasure=94 by the <italic>Washington Post</italic>.
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<bold><x-tad-bigger>Friday, February 10 at 8 p.m.
</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger>Finney Chapel
90 North Professor St.
Oberlin, OH 44074
</x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>Oberlin College Artist Recital
Series
THE KING=92S SINGERS
</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger>JOHN BENNETT, ELLIS GIBBONS,
MICHAEL CAVENDISH, EDWARD JOHNSON,
and THOMAS WEEKLES </x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>The Triumphs
of Oriana
</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>R. MURRAY SHAFER
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Tristan and Iseult
</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>FRANCIS POULENC
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Chansons Fran=E7aises
</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>CYRILLUS KREEK
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Four Estonian Psalms
</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>Selected love songs
Tickets=97
Students: $10
OCID: $22
Seniors: $22
Area Educators: $22
General Public: $26=20
At the door: Additional $3
Free parking=20
Box Office: 440-775-8169
www.oberlin.edu/arseries</x-tad-bigger>
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</center>
=09
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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