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September 25, 1998
Complimentary photos and media tickets available: 440-775-8171
4
P.M. Matinee
SUNDAY OCT. 11
Finney Chapel
Located on the corner of W. Lorain (Rt.. 511) and Professor Sts.
Tickets:
Limited Area I
seating Available:
$24 General
Public
$22 Senior Citizens and Oberlin College Staff
$16 All Students
Area II
available:
$22 General
Public
$20 Senior Citizens and Oberlin College Staff
$14 All Students
Reserved Seating in Finney Chapel.
Central Ticket
Service
24-hour reservation line, (440) 775-8169
Located
in the lobby of
Hall Auditorium, 67 N. Main St. between the Oberlin Inn and
the Allen Art Museum.
Open 12 to 5
p.m.
Monday - Friday.
Media
Contact:
Alice Hirt Hug
(440) 775-8171
Alice_Hirt_Hug@
qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu
Visit Oberlin on
the Web at
www.oberlin.edu
OBERLIN, OH--The Oberlin Conservatory Artist Recital Series begins its 1998-99 season, with a special 4 p.m. matinee performance by the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra on Sunday, October 11.
The Artist Recital Series concert takes place in Finney Chapel, located across from Tappan Square in Oberlin, on the corner of Route 511 (West Lorain Street), and Professor Street. Parking is free on the street and in designated lots. Finney Chapel is wheel chair accessible and a free shuttle is provided before and after the concerts between the Oberlin Inn and Finney Chapel.
Franz Welser-Möst returns as the guest conductor for this performance of the Cleveland Orchestra, which features cellist Clemens Hagen. The program (subject to change) includes Wagner's Prelude to Tristan and Isolde and the Prelude to Act I of Parsifal, Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto, and Schumann's Symphony No. 2. Time hails the Cleveland Orchestra, "...the best band in the land. No other American orchestra can rival its combination of virtuosic technique, consummate ensemble playing, and rich, burnished tone."
From the first chord of Tristan and Isolde, Richard Wagner (1813-1883) has been considered the most influential composer of the 19th century. His mastery of technique conjures a world of individual emotions as well as a realm of the metaphysical. Showcasing the talents of Mr. Hagen, Witold Lutoslawski's (b. 1913) Cello Concerto is a dialogue between the individual (the cello soloist) and society (represented by the rest of the orchestra) that journeys from love to coexistence to struggle. Rounding out the program is Robert Schumann (1810-1856), who wrote his Second Symphony during the most productive point in his life, using it as an ideal vehicle to exhibit his flair and imagination.
Welser-Möst first conducted the Cleveland Orchestra in 1993 and has returned as a guest conductor on a regular basis since then. His rise to international acclaim began in 1983, when he debuted with the London Philharmonic. He has conducted many of the major orchestras of America and Europe. In 1995 he assumed the post of music director of the Zurich Opera, where he has conducted such operas as Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, and Verdi's A Masked Ball. He has also worked at the Vienna State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Brucknerhaus, and he conducted Britten's Peter Grimes for Great Britain's Glyndeboune Festival. The New York Times wrote of a recent recording, "Mr. Welser-Möst's reading is consistently taut and compelling...the composer's classic brand of tension and release is excitingly presented."
Austrian-born Welser-Möst has an active recording career; he regularly records with the London Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and others. His wide-ranging repertoire has become known for its originality, bringing heretofore little or unknown works and their composers to light. He recently recorded Erich Wolfgang Korngold's only symphony, and shed some new light on some choral works by Bruckner. Other recordings include Kancheli's Symphony No. 3; Lehár's The Merry Widow; and Schmidt's Symphony No. 4, which won Gramophone magazine's 1996 award for "best orchestral recording".
Clemens Hagen began playing the cello at the age of six, and two years later he began his studies at the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg with professors Wilfried Tachezi and Heinrich Schiff. He has received numerous prizes at competitions for young musicians, as well as the Karl Bölm Prize, the Henryk Szering Prize, and the Vienna Philharmonic Prize. He has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Concert Gebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, the English Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra and the NHK Orchestra of Tokyo, among others. He regularly performs at Gidon Kremer's Kremerata Musica and since 1989 he has taught cello and chamber music at the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. Clemens Hagen plays a Antonio Stradivari cello dating from 1689.
The Cleveland Orchestra appears in Oberlin through the generous support of the Friends of the Artist Recital Series.
The four remaining concerts in the 120th season of the Artist Recital Series include the Colorado Quartet on Tuesday, October 27 at 8 pm; the Detroit Symphony on Sunday, February 7 at 3 pm; Jon Kimura Parker, piano, on Tuesday, March 9, at 8 pm; and Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano with Warren Jones, piano, will conclude the series with a concert on Tuesday, April 20 at 8 pm.
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