Lyric's season finale features Liszt concerto; solo marimba work
For its season finale concert at Stevens Institute of Technology, The Lyric Orchestra offers up a varied program that brings back a favorite guest soloist, Beatrice Long, to perform Franz Liszt's dramatic Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major. The concert also provides a treat for those who long to hear more unusual solo instruments - an innovative work for orchestra and marimba, featuring the orchestra's talented principal percussionist, Greg Giannascoli. (Details about the full concert program are at the bottom of this page.)
Having performed its best season yet at Stevens' DeBaun Auditorium as well as to a sold-out Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall recently, the orchestra looks forward to international travel and exposure to new audiences this summer as well as to planning its next season at home.
The 45-member orchestra, conducted by Maestro Franco Bertacci, brings together extraordinarily talented young musicians (average age 25) from more than a dozen countries. Its players, selected by audition, include an impressive variety of top students and recent graduates from The Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music and other renowned conservatories worldwide. Guest artists and soloists from the region are also regularly featured.
The orchestra performs its regular season at Stevens' elegant DeBaun Auditorium, the recent winner of a statewide award for historic preservation. The auditorium is conveniently located about six blocks north of Hoboken's historic transit terminal, with service from New York and New Jersey.
THE LYRIC ORCHESTRA - 2000-01 SEASON FINALE
DATE/TIME: May 5, 2001 - 8 p.m. concert
LOCATION: DeBaun Auditorium, Stevens Institute of Technology, 5th & Hudson Streets, Hoboken, NJ
PROGRAM: Liszt: Piano Concerto #2 in A major, featuring Beatrice Long, Piano - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, featuring Hrant Parsamian, Cello - Mayuzumi: Concertino, featuring Greg Giannascoli, Marimba - Verdi: Othello "Ave Maria" Duet for Two Trombones, transcribed by John Conte
TICKETS: $60 patron; $25 individual; $15 seniors and students. Call The Lyric Orchestra ticket line at (201) 217-2628 or the DeBaun Auditorium Box Office at (201) 216-8937 to reserve tickets.
PRESS PHOTOS: A high-resolution photograph of the orchestra, suitable for print publications, is available online at: www.stevens.edu/press/lyric-image1.htm
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
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