[NEohioPAL] Red An Orchestra presents A Red Solstice

[John Farina]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
John Farina, Chief Executive Officer, Red {an orchestra}
3615 Euclid Ave, Suite 1C
Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: 216.361.1733
http://www.redanorchestra.org
farina at redanorchestra.org

Soloist Bio and Photos Available
Red {an orchestra} Celebrates Winter and the Holidays
Holiday concert will dazzle and delight, featuring local teen  
virtuoso Caroline Goulding.

Cleveland, Ohio - Red {an orchestra} continues their sixth  
spectacular season with “A Red Solstice” on December 8, 2007 at the  
Pilgrim Congregational Church in Tremont and on December 9, 2007 at  
St. Stanislaus Church in Slavic Village.  As a follow up to their  
critically acclaimed season opener, Red promises to dazzle and  
delight with this special and unusual holiday program.  This concert  
features the works of two remarkable Italian composers and a special  
arrangement by Red Artistic Director and Conductor Jonathan Sheffer  
of Heinrich Schutz’s A Christmas Story, with soloists Soprano Jeun  
Eun Oh and Countertenor Andrew Lippian, and a chorus prepared by  
David Gooding.  A special highlight will be a bracing performance of  
Vivaldi’s “Winter” from “The Four Seasons”, performed by local teen  
violin virtuoso Caroline Goulding.  This program is presented twice  
in two distinct and significant Cleveland churches.

The program opens with a work by early 20th century Italian composer  
Ottorino Respighi.  From his collection of works, Ancient Airs and  
Dances, the orchestra will feature Suite No. 3.  While Respighi’s  
work was created during a politically turbulent time, it also gives  
you a sense of the Old World and the comfortable feeling associated  
with the holidays.

Perhaps there is no piece of music that suggests winter more than the  
second piece on the program, Winter from Antoni Vivaldi’s The Four  
Seasons.  An early example of how music could be used to tell a  
story, The Four Seasons describes the shifting moods of the seasons.   
Red {an orchestra} is very proud to present the concerto Winter  
featuring the young violin virtuoso Caroline Goulding as soloist.   
Caroline has won many honors for her playing.  At the age of 13, she  
was among the youngest competitors and winners of the Aspen Music  
Festival’s Violin Concerto Competition and most recently has won the  
Cleveland Youth Orchestra’s Concerto Competition.  She is now only 15  
and is one of the most impressive talents in Cleveland today.

The final piece on the program is Heinrich Schutz’s A Christmas  
Story.  This special arrangement by Jonathan Sheffer is a reprisal of  
one of Red’s most successful concerts. Schutz is widely regarded as  
one of the greatest of 17th century German composers.  Sheffer’s  
version of Schutz’s oratorio seeks to sidestep centuries of  
accumulated performance practices and return to the essence of the  
work.  Our performance will be in English, and will feature soloists  
from the Cleveland area as well as a chorus directed by David Gooding.

Red is encouraging patrons to bring a non-perishable food item to  
support the community food banks sponsored by the churches we are  
performing in.

Tickets are available for $15, $35, $65, $90 and $110.  For more  
information, call Red {an orchestra} at 216.361.1733, or go online at  
www.redanorchestra.org.

Red {an orchestra}’s season is supported in part through the  
generosity of The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation,  
The Kulas Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, MKH Consulting, Process  
Creative Studios, National City Bank, and Forest City Enterprises.   
Additional support is received through partnerships with Twist  
Creative, CoolCleveland.com, Oliver Printing, The Free Times,  
Northern Ohio Live, WCLV, WCPN, WKSU, and Yamaha.
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About Red {an orchestra}
Red {an orchestra} is classical musicians, artists, and thinkers  
united in a commitment to their audiences: to REDefine classical  
music programming, to REDesign the concert experience and REDiscover  
classical music.

Red was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 2001 by a volunteer group of  
arts patrons and musicians. Red educates, entertains, and inspires  
its audiences by presenting a unique, multi-sensory, and memorable  
music experience.

Red is setting new standards for imaginative musical programming by  
presenting music in collaboration with other artistic disciplines  
such as film, visual arts, opera, theater, poetry, and literature.  
Core to our mission is an intense focus on cultural renewal and  
revitalization. Red strives to expand our audiences' experiences by  
melding innovative style with the traditional orchestral experience.

The highlights of this concert are as follows:

A Red Solstice
Red Celebrates Winter and the Holidays


Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Tremont
Pilgrim Congregational UCC
2592 West 14th Street
Cleveland, OH  44113

Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 3:00 PM
Slavic Village
St. Stanislaus Church
3649 East 65th Street
Cleveland, OH  44105


PROGRAM:

RESPIGHI                              Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite  
No. 3
VIVALDI                                Concerto No.4 in F Minor, Op. 
8, RV 297
“Winter” from “The Four Seasons”
SCHUTZ (arr. Sheffer)            A Christmas Story

Jonathan Sheffer, conductor
Caroline Goulding, violin
David Gooding, chorus master

Red welcomes winter and salutes the holiday season with this unusual  
program.   Our program opens with a delightful piece by Ottorino  
Respighi, Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3.  Cleveland Heights’  
15-year-old violin virtuoso Caroline Goulding dazzles us with her  
bracing performance of “Winter” from Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” for  
our second piece.  We wrap up this beautiful holiday celebration with  
a chorus and vocal soloists reprising one of Red’s most successful  
concerts:  Jonathan Sheffer’s arrangement of Heinrich Schutz’s “A  
Christmas Story.”

Red is encouraging patrons to bring a non-perishable food item to  
support the community food banks sponsored by the churches in which  
we are performing.

This concert is proudly presented with the support of Process  
Creative Studios, National City Bank, Forest City Enterprises, Twist  
Creative, The Ohio Arts Council, The George Gund Foundation,  
CoolCleveland.com, Northern Ohio Live, The Free Times, WCLV, WCPN,  
and WKSU.

Tickets are available for $15, $35, $65, $90 and $110.  For more  
information, call Red {an orchestra} at 216.361.1733, or go online at  
www.redanorchestra.org.


John Farina
Chief Executive Officer
Red {an Orchestra}
3615 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1C
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
216.361.1733 - office
216.832.7106 - cell
farina at redanorchestra.org
www.redanorchestra.org



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