Kimmel Center Presents "Mozart: Reloaded" as Part of the Mozart Festival: A 250th Birthday Celebration
January 13, 2006
Group Motion
The Kimmel Center Presents’ Fresh Ink Series continues with Mozart: Reloaded, as part of the Kimmel Center’s Mozart Festival: A 250th Birthday Celebration, on Saturday, January 21 at 7:30pm in the Perelman Theater. Curated by local award-winning composer Andrea Clearfield, the multi-media program features local artists including pianist Uri Caine, vibraphonist Tony Miceli, composer Gloria Justen, Group Motion dance ensemble, and the University of Delaware ensemble Delaware Steel under the direction of Harvey Price, each paying tribute to the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in their own form. The performance also features four world premiere piano commissions based on Papageno’s Birdcatcher’s Theme from The Magic Flute performed by pianist Charles Abramovic.
Mozart: Reloaded is the second performance in the Kimmel Center Presents Fresh Ink series and the Mozart Festival 250th Birthday Celebration. The Fresh Ink series concludes with violist Midori on Saturday, April 22, 2006 at 7:30pm. Performances in the Mozart Festival include Leif Ove Andsnes and The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra on Tuesday, January 17 at 8pm; The Berlin Staatskapelle with conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim on Wednesday, February 8 at 8pm; Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: There’s More to Mozart than Amadeus on Monday, February 20 at 7:30pm; and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with conductor Gil Shaham on Tuesday, February 28 at 8pm.
Tickets for Mozart: Reloaded are $36 and $26, and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online or at the Kimmel Center Box Office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply)
Andrea Clearfield’s compositions for instrumental and vocal soloists, chamber ensembles, chorus, orchestra and dance are performed internationally. Her works have been premiered by artists such noted artists as Edgar Meyer, Carol Wincenc and James Buswell and festivals and venues such as the International Art Symposium in Kyoto, International Tanzwochen in Dresden, Festival of Women Composers International and the Mersinio Arts Centre in Cyprus . She was awarded the 2004 Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts and has received nine consecutive ASCAP awards. Presently, she serves on the composition faculty of The University of the Arts.
Philadelphia native Uri Caine has become a prominent figure in the jazz world as a pianist and arranger. He began his career in high school playing in bands led by Philly Joe Jones, Hank Mobley, Mickey Roker, Odean Pope and Grover Washington and has since played with leaders such as Don Byron, Dave Douglas, Terry Gibbs and Buddy DeFranco. He is equally involved in the classical realm and has arranged and recorded seven albums as a leader including Urlicht/Primal Light featuring arrangements of the music of Gustav Mahler, Wagner e Veneza featuring works by Richard Wagner for small ensemble. Caine currently resides and New York and upcoming projects include an arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
Vibraphonist Tony Miceli has performed countless concerts and workshops throughout the United States and Europe and recorded with musicians including Gerald Veasley, Olivier Hutman, and John Swana. He is currently involved with groups such as The Philadelphia 5, Monkadelphia, The Rock Band (USA), Mallet Madness (Europe) and Meg Clifton and the Cliftones. He also is on the faculty at the University of the Arts and Rowan University and conducts trimester master classes at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Violinist and composer Gloria Justen, came to Philadelphia in 1984 to attend the Curtis Institute of Music. She has played with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia for seventeen years, often serving as concertmaster, as well as performing and touring internationally with the Philadelphia Orchestra as a substitute violinist for nine years. She has been a frequent performer with contemporary music groups in Philadelphia such as Network for New Music, Orchestra 2001, and the Relache Ensemble, and she has premiered many new works by local composers. She has become increasingly involved with local mutli-media artists and choreographers and has collaborated with improvisational groups which created music for choreographers Myra Bazell, Manfred Fischbeck, and Megan Bridge. Her composition Zephyr was premiered by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in 2000, and she performed her violin solo Night in the Roof Garden at the Kimmel Center Solstice Celebration 2003.
Group Motion dance ensemble was originally founded in 1962 as Gruppe Motion Berlin, a chamber dance company evolving from the Mary Wigman School of Dance. In 1968, the company relocated to Philadelphia and under the direction of Manfred Fischbeck began a world-wide touring program in the mid-1990’s performing in France, Argentina, Japan, Germany, Cyprus, Taiwan and throughout the United States. According the Washington Post, “Group Motion is a fascinating anomaly…The work as a whole attains a splendid coherence despite its multiplicity of components…”
Composer and pianist Sebastian Chang has performed throughout the United States, Asia, and Canada as a pianist and featured composer. His compositions have been broadcast on Japan's national television and on NPR's From the Top. He has also been profiled by the Voice of America on their international TV magazine, Cultural Odyssey. Currently, he is a freshman studying composition with Jennifer Higdon at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
Jan Krzywicki is active as a composer, conductor and educator. His works have been widely performed by prestigious ensembles and recorded on the Albany, Capstone, North-South and De Haske labels, and is the recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. His works are published by Theodore Presser Co., Alphonse Leduc & Die, and others. As a conductor Mr. Krzywicki is active with the Network for New Music, having led a large number of local and world premieres. Since 1987 he has been a member of the music theory department at Temple University teaching courses in analysis, performance practice, and ear training.
Trumpet player and composer Evan Solot has performed with the Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Woody Herman bands, and as1st chair trumpet in the orchestras of more than 50 Broadway musicals. He has toured with singers Bette Midler, Burt Bacharach, Frank Sinatra, and Lou Rawls. His compositions and arrangements have been performed by some of the country's leading jazz performers, including Randy Brecker, Robin Eubanks, Bob Mintzer, and Mike Stern. He is Chair of the Composition Department at University of the Arts.
The music of Robert Maggio has been called "lyrical, passionate, melodic, and rhythmically charged" (American Record Guide). His work has been performed by ensembles and festivals including the Boston Pops, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The New York Youth Symphony, The National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, New York Festival of Song, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Colorado Quartet (Arizona Friends of Chamber Music commission). In the Spring of 2004, Albany Records released a CD of Maggio’s recent chorale works including Aristotle, Jacklight, The Wishing Tree and Rachel and Her Children.
Composer and pianist Charles Abramovic has won critical acclaim for his international performances as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborator with world renowned musicians. He made his orchestral debut at the age of fourteen with the Pittsburgh Symphony and went on to perform with the Baltimore Symphony, the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra and artists such as violinists Sarah Chang, Midori, Robert McDuffie and flutist Jeffrey Khaner. He is also a professor of Keyboard Studies at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and actively involved in the musical life of Philadelphia, performing regularly with Network for New Music and Orchestra 2001.
Harvey Price has been teaching at the University of Delaware for 25 years. He is a very active performer in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area where he plays with the Philadelphia Orchestra, OperaDelaware, the theater orchestras of the Prince Music Theater, the Walnut Street Theater, and the Dupont Theater. Mr. Price is an active jazz vibist, steel drummer, and is xylophone soloist along with his wife, pianist Linda Henderson, in the early jazz group, Bit O' Rhythm.
Tickets for Mozart: Reloaded are $36 and $26, and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online or at the Kimmel Center Box Office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply) For group sales call 215-790-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased 2.5 hours prior to evening performances and 11:30am for matinees. Fresh Ink is supported by the Philadelphia Music Project, an artistic initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Kimmel Center Presents’ 2005-2006 season is supported by: Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Sovereign Bank, The American Express Company, Verizon Foundation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special Student Matinees at the Kimmel Center are generously supported by Merck & Co., Inc. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte and Southern Wine and Spirit. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents.
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KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Fresh Ink Series
Saturday, January 21 | 7:30pm
Perelman Theater
Mozart: Reloaded
Curated by Andrea Clearfield
Improvisations on themes from Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545
Uri Caine, piano
Ridente la calma, K. 152, from the Marriage of Figaro
Voi che sapete, K. 492, from the Marriage of Figaro
Tony Miceli, vibraphone
Joanne Pascale, vocals
Madison Rast, bass
Butch Reed, drums
Foxy Lady and the Magic Box: a tale told with string accompaniment
Written, narrated and all parts recorded and performed by Gloria Justen
The Magic Flute-An Unveiling
Group Motion Dancers: Gabriel Bienczwicki, Emily Hubler, Lesya Popil, Lee Shapley , Hedy Wyland
Intermission
New Work TBA commissioned by Louise Clearfield
Sebastian Chang
Vogelfänger commissioned by Lisa A. Miller
Jan Krzywicki
No Flutes Allowed commissioned by Kimmel Center Presents
Evan Solot
Love?bird commissioned by Dr. Leonard and Dr. Barbara Frank
Robert Maggio
Four piano compositions based on Papageno’s Birdcathcer’s Theme from The Magic Flute and are performed by Charles Abramovic, piano
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