FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2012 CONTACT: Wayne Wilkins, Director of Marketing & Communications 401.248.7024 / wwilkins@riphil.org RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC PRESENTS TCHAIK 5, MOZART & THE KISS PIANIST ADAM GOLKA DEBUTS WITH PHILHARMONIC SATURDAY JANUARY 19 December 6, 2012 East Providence, RI The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra begins the new year with the fourth concert of A Season of Symphonies: Tchaik 5, Mozart & The Kiss on Saturday January 19 at 8:00pm at The Vets, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence. Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF welcomes award-winning young pianist ADAM GOLKA to perform Mozart s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, k. 491, in his debut performance with the Philharmonic. The Orchestra will also perform Stravinsky s Divertimento from The Fairy s Kiss and Tchaikovsky s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64. Resident Conductor FRANCISCO NOYA presents an informal talk about the concert program in the auditorium before the concert from 7:00 7:25. WPRO News Talk 630 is the media sponsor for the season. Tickets ($15-100) are available at www.riphil.org, the RIPO box office at 401.248.7000. An Open Rehearsal takes place Friday January 18 at 5:30pm: tickets are only $12. 24-year-old pianist ADAM GOLKA is the winner of two prestigious American awards: the 2008 Gilmore Young Artist Award and most recently the 2009 Max I. Allen Classical Fellowship Award of the American Pianists Association. In 2010, he made his Isaac Stern Auditorium debut at Carnegie Hall, playing Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto with the New York Youth Symphony, and in 2011, he performed all five of Beethoven s concertos in two consecutive nights with the Lubbock Symphony. In 2012, Adam replaced Andre Watts with the Waco Symphony, playing the Brahms Second Concerto with only three days preparation. Adam has amassed a broad repertoire for his age, performing more than twenty concertos and solo work that includes the thirty-two sonatas of Beethoven. He is also a dedicated chamber music and lieder collaborator. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Golka lives in New York City and is completing his studies with the legendary Leon Fleisher. This program connects three great composers Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, said Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF. We begin with music from Stravinsky s gorgeous neoclassic ballet The Fairy s Kiss. Stravinsky claims Tchaikovsky as a great influence, so we ll hear one of Tchaikovsky s favorite symphonies, his Fifth: a brooding, rich, patriotic, glorious work. Tchaikovsky had an impassioned love for the music of Mozart, so we ve invited young American pianist Adam Golka to play Mozart s 24th Concerto. Adam is making big strides around the world, performing with all the great orchestras. I knew Adam when he was a little boy growing up in Houston and I ve had such great joy watching his career develop. Adam Golka, piano This is a low-resolution thumbnail! Click here to download the high-resolution version of this photo.
AT A GLANCE: JANUARY 19 CONCERT CONCERT: RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC: TCHAIK 5, MOZART & THE KISS PLACE: The Vets, Providence CONDUCTOR: Larry Rachleff, Music Director SOLOIST: Adam Golka, piano DATE: Saturday January 19, 8:00pm MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, k. 491 STRAVINSKY: Divertimento, The Fairy s Kiss TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64 OPEN REHEARSAL: Friday January 18, 5:30pm SEASON MEDIA SPONSOR: WPRO News Talk 630 CONCERT & GUEST ARTIST SPONSOR: The Carter Family Charitable Trust TICKETS: $15 to $100, with discounts for students and groups in selected sections Buy online: riphil.org/tickets, 24/7 Buy by phone: Philharmonic box office: 401.248.7000; Monday-Friday 9 4:30 Buy in person: Philharmonic box office, Carter Center, 667 Waterman Street, East Providence: Monday-Friday 9 4:30 OR Vets box office, Avenue of the Arts, Providence: Friday 2 5:30pm; Saturday 3:30 8pm Tickets to the Open Rehearsal are only $12.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM: stories behind the music Adam Golka, piano The son of Polish parents, Adam Golka was born and raised in Houston, Texas. His first teacher was his mother, pianist Anna Golka. His brother Tomasz is a violinist and conductor. Philharmonic Music Director Larry Rachleff knew Golka when he was a young boy in Houston. Rhode Island audiences had the chance to hear Golka in 2007 at the Newport Music Festival, when he was just 20 years old. Absolutely stunning performances - luminous, probing, deeply personal and drawn with unerring emotional accuracy." - Washington Post STRAVINSKY: Divertimento from The Fairy s Kiss Homage: Stravinsky wrote The Fairy s Kiss ballet to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Tchaikovsky s death: it would give me an opportunity of paying my heartfelt homage to Tchaikovsky s wonderful talent. Yours, mine and ours: Stravinsky adapted many Tchaikovsky piano pieces and songs to weave into the music of the ballet. The Tchaikovsky-Stravinsky blend was so seamless that, looking at the score years later, it was nearly impossible for Stravinsky to identify his own music and that of his mentor. MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, k. 491 High output: In just a few months in 1786, Mozart composed three piano concerti and the great opera The Marriage of Figaro. Beethoven admired this concerto; it is one of only two concertos Mozart composed in a minor key. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 Writer s block: Tchaikovsky struggled to compose his Fifth Symphony in 1888, even telling his brother that he feared he had nothing left to write. Nevertheless, the Fifth was extremely popular with audiences.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School is the largest fully integrated orchestra and music school in the United States. Our mission is to enrich and transform Rhode Island and our region through great music performance and education. 2012-2013 is the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra s 68th Season, Music Director Larry Rachleff s 17th with the Orchestra. The season includes an eight-concert Classical Series with a roster of world-renowned guest artists that includes pianists Jeffrey Kahane and Adam Golka, violinists Augustin Hadelich and Karen Gomyo, cellist Wendy Warner, soprano Ilana Davidson, mezzo sopranos Susan Lorette Dunn and Susan Platts and guest conductor Grant Llewellyn. Our Amica Rush Hour Series offers an early start time -- 6:30pm -- on four Fridays. These shorter, informal, accessible classical concerts feature repertoire from the Saturday Classical concerts. Our four Open Rehearsals offer audience members insight into the collaboration between the conductor, guest artists and orchestra musicians as they prepare for the upcoming classical concert. Special events include the perennial holiday favorite Handel s Messiah with the Providence Singers. Resident Conductor Francisco Noya conducts our Education Concerts and our Summer Pops Concerts. Now in its 25th year, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School serves approximately 1,500 children, youth and adults every week with lessons, classes, ensembles and community partnership programs, and an additional 13,000 students annually through partnerships, residencies, education concerts and in-school performances. Ensembles include five youth orchestras, two wind ensembles, eleven jazz ensembles and many chamber music ensembles and the RI Philharmonic Community Orchestra for adults. Information about classes and performances is available at www.riphil.org.
TICKETS AND DISCOUNTS TICKETS FOR ALL PHILHARMONIC CLASSICAL CONCERTS may be purchased 24/7 on the Philharmonic website: riphil.org/tickets. Tickets may also be purchased at the Philharmonic box office at 667 Waterman Avenue, East Providence, by phone (401.248.7000) or in person Monday Friday 9am 4:30pm. On Open Rehearsal and Rush Hour Fridays, ticket sales are also available at The Vets box office, from 2:00pm until showtime. On Saturday concert days, tickets are available onsite at The Vets box office in person from 3:30pm until showtime, or by calling 401.248.7000. Ticket prices range from $15 to $100 for adults with discounts in selected areas of the hall for full time students and groups of 10 or more. Tickets for Open Dress Rehearsals are $12. Student rush: at 7:30pm if there are tickets remaining, a full time student presenting a valid student ID may buy one ticket for $12. There is free parking for all Philharmonic concerts at designated lots along Smith Street. The Philharmonic provides a free shuttle bus to and from the parking lots before and after the concerts. Please note: Due to construction at the Vets, Park Street is closed between the Providence Place Mall and Avenue of the Arts, and allows single lane northbound traffic only between Avenue of the Arts and Smith Street. Drop offs for patrons who need assistance can be made by pulling into Avenue of the Arts from Francis Street and then exiting up Park Street to the parking lots on Smith Street. SUBSCRIPTIONS for 5 and 4 concerts (as well as tickets to all individual concerts) are available at the Philharmonic Box Office.
UPCOMING RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC CLASSICAL CONCERTS SALSA! CHOOSE YOUR COLOR: On Saturday February 23 at 8pm, Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF leads violinist KAREN GOMYO and the Orchestra in the Philharmonic premiere of Piazzolla s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Included in this colorful program are Fauré s Pelléas et Mélisande: Suite, op.80, Debussy s Ibéria: Images for Orchestra and Revueltas Sensemayá. Also: There will be an AMICA RUSH HOUR performance of selections from this program on Friday February 22 at 6:30pm. JEREMIAH AND THE GREAT (SYMPHONY): On Saturday March 23 at 8pm, Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF and the Orchestra welcome mezzo soprano SUSAN LORETTE DUNN as soloist for Bernstein s Symphony No. 1 (Jeremiah). The program includes Schubert s Symphony No. 9 in C major, D.944 (The Great C Major) and the world premiere of Greg Fritze s Waterplace Park. Also: An Open Rehearsal will be held on Friday March 22 at 5:30pm. BEETHOVEN S FIFTH!!!: On Saturday April 13 at 8pm, Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF and the Orchestra perform an all Beethoven concert featuring Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43, Symphony No. 1 in C major, op.21 and the ever popular Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op.67. Also: There will be an AMICA RUSH HOUR performance of Beethoven s Fifth, along with a RIPYO side byside performance, Friday April 12 at 6:30pm. THE RESURRECTION SYMPHONY: On Saturday May 4 at 8pm, Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF and the Orchestra conclude the Classical season with soprano ILANA DAVIDSON, mezzo soprano SUSAN PLATTS, and the PROVIDENCE SINGERS in a performance of Mahler s Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection). Also: An Open Rehearsal will be held Friday May 3 at 5:30pm. ###