Multple Grammy Award Winner k.d. lang Brings First Symphony Orchestra Tour to the Kimmel Center Sunday, October 17
September 27, 2004
k.d. lang in Verizon Hall
Photo: Kelly & Massa
Lang, who has recorded more than 13 albums, recently released her newest album, Hymns of the 49th Parallel, on which she pays homage to fellow Canadian artists including Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith and Bruce Cockburn. Lang fulfilled a long-lasting desire to create this Canadian songbook, which has already received vast acclaim. USA Today says that "lang’s gently resonant singing is arguably best suited to the kind of graceful folk-pop tunes that dominate this tribute to her fellow Canadian songwriters," adding that on the recording "lang exudes an utterly unaffected warmth." "A modern Sinatra," according to Blender, "lang transcends even the finest work the authors offer." In lang’s own words, "These songs are part of my cultural fabric, my Canadian soundtrack. They have nurtured my musical DNA."
Lang will perform songs from Hymns at her Kimmel Center performance in addition to material spanning her entire career. Lang, who attracts a loyal, diverse, and multi-generational crowd, is more than a pop artist. Her albums include collections of straight-up country (Shadowland), urbane adult pop (Ingenue, which featured the hit "Constant Craving"), sophisticated torch (Drag), and a little disco (for the soundtrack of Gus Van Sant’s Even Cowgirls Get the Blues).
Pianist Teddy Borowiecki, bassist David Piltch, guitarist Greg Leisz, drummer Danny Frankel, conductor Charles Floyd, and locally-based musicians will accompany lang.
The string trio Time for Three is comprised of violinists Zachary DePue and Nicolas Kendall as well as double bassist Ranaan Meyer. The group came together while its members were enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music. They started playing together for fun and have since evolved into a charismatic ensemble that has performed on FOX 29’s Good Day Philadelphia telecast, at the Liberty Medal Awards Ceremony honoring Colin Powell, and on Philadelphia’s WXPN and WRTI radio stations. Recently, Time for Three has appeared at the Endless Mountains Arts Series Festival, the Brooklyn Friends of Music Chamber Series, as Artists in Residence at Philadelphia’s Fleisher Art Memorial and with the Ocean City (NJ) Pops.
Tickets for the October 17 performance by k.d. lang with Time for Three are $30, $40, $55, $70, & $80 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org or at the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. For group sales call 215-790-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets will be available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. $10 tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning at 5:30pm for evening performances and 11:30am for matinees. Limit one per person.
Sponsors of the 2004-2005 Kimmel Center Presents season include Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Bank of America, Sovereign Bank, Wachovia Foundation, The American Express Company, Verizon Foundation, Bucks County Coffee and SEPTA, the Commuter's Choice. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming.
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