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4/11/2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SONOS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS A SPECIAL FUNDRAISER CONCERT �NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS�
Performance to Include American Premiere of the Concert Version of Karl Jenkin�s Requiem and Rarely-Performed Mozart March
[April 4, 2006 -- New York, NY] SONOS Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Erik E. Ochsner will perform a special fundraiser concert entitled �Neighbors Helping Neighbors� on Sunday, April 30, 2006 at the Good Shepherd Church (Isham Street and Broadway, one block north of 207th Street, in the Inwood section of Manhattan) at 3PM. The concert will be a benefit for The Good Shepherd Church Organ Restoration Fund. Good Shepherd has hosted SONOS performances for the past two seasons, and their organ is in dire need of repair work.
The program for �Neighbors Helping Neighbors� will include works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, two Scandinavian composers (Lars Erik Larsson and Hugo Alfven), Japanese composer Somei Satoh, and Washington Heights-Inwood resident Aaron Jay Kernis. The highlight of the program is the American Premiere of the Concert Version of Karl Jenkins� Requiem, a dramatic and powerful work that takes its inspiration from both Western and Oriental music traditions. It is a Mass set to texts from both the Christian Mass, written in Latin, and Japanese jisei, which are traditional Japanese haiku that highlight the cyclical nature of life, death and rebirth.
Welsh-born Karl Jenkins is one of the most successful contemporary British composers, writing music that speaks to audiences across the world. Following the huge success of his Adiemus project (which has gone gold in many countries) and The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. A recording of his Requiem was released on EMI Classics.
As Karl Jenkins used Japanese haiku settings in his Requiem, the concert will also include a performance of music for soprano and strings by Japanese composer Somei Satoh: HOMA. In honor of the 250th Anniversary of Mozart�s birth, the repertoire for the performance will also feature a small, almost never heard March K. 290. As SONOS is based in Washington Heights-Inwood, as is the Good Shepherd Church, the program will honor a famous American composer � who just happens to live in the neighborhood � Aaron Jay Kernis, with a piece for string orchestra called Musica Celestis.
Conductor Erik E. Ochsner currently serves as Music Director and founder of SONOS Chamber Orchestra, rehearsal conductor for Academy award/Grammy award winning composer Tan Dun (�Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon�; �Hero�). Erik started his collaboration with Tan Dun, in 2002, Ochsner conducting rehearsals for the world premiere of Tan Dun�s �Tea� in Tokyo. He has been involved with other Tan Dun performances in Amsterdam, Denver, Lyon, Macao, New York, Leuven, Seoul, and Wellington, New Zealand. He is currently in Shanghai as assistant conductor for a workshop of Tan Dun�s �The First Emperor�, a Metropolitan opera commission. Erik also serves as Assistant Conductor for Howard Shore�s evening length �Lord of the Rings Symphony.� He previously served as Assistant Conductor Brooklyn Philharmonic under Robert Spano.
SONOS Chamber Orchestra is a flexible and versatile group of artists devoted to the performance of traditional and innovative forms of classical music in the New York City area. In a city that is internationally recognized for its active arts scene, SONOS is committed to the performance of under-appreciated works as well as standard works of the classical repertoire. For their complete repertoire and concert performances, visit www.sonoschamberorch.org.
SONOS Chamber Orchestra
Good Shepherd Church at Isham Street and Broadway (one block north of 207th), Inwood
Sunday April 30th 3pm
Fundraiser Concert �Neighbors Helping Neighbors�
Suggested Fundraising Ticket Price: $25
Minimum Admission: $10
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756-1791
March
Aaron Jay Kernis
b. 1960
Musica Celestis for Strings (1990)
Lars Erik Larsson
1908-1986
Romance from Pastoral Suite op. 19
Hugo Alfven
1872 - 1960
Vallflickans dans
Somei Satoh
b. 1947
Homa (1988) for strings and soprano
soprano soloist, Nancy Lundy
Intermission
Traditional Japanese
James Nyoraku Schlefer, Shakuhachi
Karl Jenkins
U.S. Premiere
b. 1944
Requiem
SONOS Chamber Orchestra
SONOS Chamber Orchestra chorus
James Schleffer, Shakuhachi
Soprano soloist, TBD
Boy soprano, TBD
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posted by Coming Events
4/11/2006 02:07:00 PM
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