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January 11, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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Join Members of the Chamber Orchestra, and Ignat Solzhenitsyn on piano for an intimate evening of chamber music. Presented at The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, COP’s long-time series home, Chamber Orchestra musicians and other special guests perform a program featuring music by Brahms, Vivaldi, Gerber, Dvorak, and Bach for this fundraising concert in support of the Holesovsky Musician’s Fund.

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About the Holesovsky Musician’s Fund
The Holesovsky Musician’s Fund was established in honor of founding member and long-time Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia cellist and personnel manager, Jimmy Holesovsky. This fund was created as a way to recognize Jimmy’s unwavering commitment to his colleagues and the well-being of the Chamber Orchestra. All donations to the Holesovsky Musician’s Fund will go directly toward the payment of Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and Philadelphia-area musician fees for performances and special projects each season.

MUSICIANS:

Michelle Rosen, Bassoon
Glenn Fischbach, Cello
Vivian Barton-Dozor, Cello
Rié Suzuki, Clarinet
Doris Hall-Gulati, Clarinet
Edward Schultz, Flute
Karen Schubert, Horn
Geoffrey Deemer, Oboe
Michael Diorio, Organ
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Piano
Debra Lew-Harder, Piano
Zhenni Li, Piano
Brian Kuszyk, Trumpet
Steve Heitzer, Trumpet
Matthew Cohen, Viola
Ellen Trainer, Viola
Meichen Liao-Barnes, Violin
Vladimir Dyo, Violin
Igor Szwec, Violin
Donna Grantham, Violin
Elizabeth Kaderabek, Violin

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In Support of the Holesovsky Musician’s Fund

Thurs, January 11, 2018 | 7:00 PM
The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square

Featuring:
Members of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia

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PROGRAM:

Shostakovich – Prelude & Fugue in D minor, Op. 87, No. 24
Brahms – Clarinet Trio (Op. 114) I. Allegro
Steven R. Gerber – Elegy on the name of Dmitri Shostakovich
Steven R. Gerber – Spirituals, Book II for Flute and Cello
Dvořák – Terzetto, Op. 74
Rebecca Clarke – Sonata for Viola and Piano
Schubert
  – Quintet in C Major D 956
Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Jacques Ibert – Trois Pièces Brèves
I. Assez lent, allegro scherzando
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Schumann  – Trio, Op. 134
Bach – Sarabande from 3rd Suite
Vivaldi
 – Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C Major, RV 537

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Classical Jukebox Artist Features

Debra-Lew Harder, Piano

1. How long have you been a host at WRTI?
This coming April will mark my second year at WRTI, and in broadcasting. I’m very grateful to have found this new way of sharing my love of music with a wide audience, and to help make an impact in our community through public media.

2. Who/what gave you the passion to pursue music? Why? How?
My dad has a beautiful tenor voice, and always blasted opera on the sound system at 6 a.m. (or so it seemed to me) when I was growing up, to wake us kids! My first performance at age seven was accompanying his solo at church, in “The Old Rugged Cross.” Dad is definitely a bit of a ham, and I inherited  my love of music and of communicating from him.

3. Why did you choose to play Brahms Trio, Op. 114?
 I have always felt close to the late works of Johannes Brahms, especially the piano pieces and chamber music, for their intimacy and poetry. I’m thrilled to be playing  the first movement of the Brahms Clarinet Trio with Rie and Glenn.

4. Do you have a funny stage/or WRTI story?
Funny story: One evening during a solo piano recital, I was near the end of a lyrical and contemplative Chopin Nocturne, when somebody’s cell phone started going off. The person in the audience would not shut it off. After awhile, I came to realize that the cell phone was my own, going off backstage! I took a bow, excused myself, ran backstage and turned it off. Needless to say, from then on, I’ve made sure “all electronic devices are turned off” before a performance, whether somebody else’s or my own!

Rié Suzuki, Clarinet

1. How long have you been playing for the Chamber Orchestra?
19 years total, including 2 years before becoming a member.

2. Who/what gave you the passion to pursue it as a career? Why? How?
It was my mother who initiated my musical training with piano lessons at age 5; my sister who shared her joy of playing the clarinet at junior high school; my mentors who guided me through my conservatory years; my colleagues at the Chamber Orchestra who kept inspiring me; and my family who has been unconditionally supportive of my musical aspirations.

3. Why did you choose to play Brahms Trio Op. 114 for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano?
Naturally, this is a dedication to Jimmy Holesovsky, who was a committed member and cellist of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia since the inception of the group. Although Jimmy is not physically here with us, his musical spirit will be here with us tonight through his cello, played by Glenn Fishbach, Acting Principal Cello of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, who currently owns Jimmy’s cello. The Brahms Clarinet Trio is one of the most beautiful chamber music pieces ever written for the clarinet, cello, and piano; it is an honor for me to perform with Glenn and Debra for this special occasion tonight.

4. Do you have a funny stage story?
While a student in Japan, I played a new composition of a quartet for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano at the conservatory’s composition department recital. Each of the performers was provided with a gigantic score that required two music stands and a page-turner. It was almost the end of the piece, I had a long cadenza over the last two pages, but my page-turner, a violinist, was daydreaming and missed my cue. I kept nodding but he still did not move, I was forced to improvise the entire last page, and finally he turned the page in time for the very last bar.

Details

Date:
January 11, 2018
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Venue

Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square
1904 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19103 United States
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Organizer

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Phone:
215-545-5451
Email:
info@chamberorchestra.org
Website:
www.chamberorchestra.org