Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Sunday, October 10, 1999 at 3:00 p.m.
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| Program | |
|---|---|
| D. Shostakovich | Chamber Symphony Op. 110A |
| Tchaikovsky | Meditation, Melodie, Valse-Scherzo |
| Thomas Bowes, Violin | |
| Komitas-Aslamazian | Five Armenian Dances |
| S. Prokofiev | Five Visions Fugitives |
| W. A. Mozart | Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 |
One of the world's legendary ensembles, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra was created in 1956 by renowned conductor and violist Rudolf Barshai, who brought together the most talented musicians in Moscow. From their first concert it was obvious that this was an ensemble of the highest artistic and professional standard. Invitations to tour abroad soon brought the orchestra to Europe and America, where the orchestra saw one triumph after another. Since then, the orchestra has performed to sold-out halls throughout the world.
After Barshai's emigration from the USSR, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra's music directors were the eminent violinists Igor Bezrodny, Victor Tretyakov, and Andre Korsakov. In 1991, San Francisco-born Constantine Orbelian was chosen for this most prestigious post -- a breakthrough in Russian-American cultural relations.
Since 1956, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra has had its own subscription series in the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. In 1995, the orchestra was Russia's cultural ambassador at the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the United Nations Organization in San Francisco.
Constantine Orbelian was brought up in San Francisco, received his early music training at the San Francisco Conservatory, and graduated from the Juilliard School of Music in 1980. He has appeared as piano soloist with the Boston and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, the Moscow State Symphony, Moscow Philharmonic, St.~Petersburg Symphony, Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Moscow Virtuosi.
The concert will be presented in the Auditorium of the APS Conference Center (Bldg. 402) at Argonne. It is open to the public; no special permit is required to enter the laboratory site.
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Admission to the concert is $20. Call (630) 252-3751 to order your tickets now, VISA and MasterCard accepted; or use the ticket request form to order your tickets by mail.
Remaining tickets will be sold in the lobby of the Argonne Cafeteria (Bldg. 213) during the week of October 4 between noon and 1:00 p.m. The Auditorium Box Office will be open on the day of the performance at 2:30 p.m.
The audience is invited to join the artist at a reception following the performance.
A special post-concert dinner will be offered at the Argonne Guest House restaurant. Dinner hours from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. $21.75 per person. Reservations requested (739-6000).
