Extractions: Eleanor Alberga and Thomas Bowes! Remember their names, because long after the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association can no longer afford them, you'll be hearing about this phenomenal husband-and wife duo. They make up Double Exposure, the violin/piano team that left its audience aghast Saturday night at the Pollard Auditorium. It must be the extraterrestrial Hale-Bopp. How else can we explain the sudden spate of extraordinary musical performances? After the fabulous rendering of the Berlioz "Requiem" two weeks ago by the Oak Ridge Symphony and Chorus, one assumed that ORCMA's remaining season concerts could only go downhill. Not so! Subscribers to the Chamber Music series were riveted by Double Exposure. The musical intimacy, the superior technique and the fresh and free-wheeling rhythmic aplomb of these two musicians give them an edge over just about everybody, and they clearly are the best violin/piano duo most of us have ever heard. The concert was made possible by the support of the Cyrus Feldman Memorial Trust. Feldman's widow and children were on hand to experience the exhilaration. We can think of no person more deserving of such a top standard memorial program than the late Cy Feldman, who characteristically would have summed up this history-making concert in one succinct colorful word.
Extractions: The final concert of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association's '96-97 Chamber Music Series will feature the British-based husband and wife violin-piano duo called Double Exposure. The concert is at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Pollard Auditorium. Jamaican composer-pianist Eleanor Alberga and British violinist Thomas Bowes have made their marks individually as well as "in concert." Alberga moved from her native Jamaica to London in 1970 when she won both piano and vocal scholarships to the Royal Academy of Music. A finalist in England's National Piano Competition, she has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Covent Garden. Her diverse background combines rigorous classical music training with experience as a member of the Jamaican Folk Singers and as a dancer with an African Dance company. Her works have been commissioned and performed by the London Philharmonic, the London Chamber Symphony, and the European Women's Orchestra. She has worked with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre as composer, conductor, and music director. Her music is published by Oxford University Press.
PMC Newsletter, Vol. 6 No. 11, November 2000 Ricci selected Wieniawski for his program at Azusa Pacific U. and violinist ThomasBowes and Eleanor Alberga played Szymanowski at Caltech in Pasadena. http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/news/nov00.html
Extractions: Awards Anniversaries Calendar Chopin Competition ... Wilk Book Prize For the first time in 15 years (the last three competitions) the Jury granted a First Prize. 18-year old Chinese pianist Yundi Li wins $25,000, a Gold Medal and a Laurel Wreath. He is the youngest of this year's finalists, being the same age as Maurizio Pollini and Krystian Zimerman were when they won the competitions in 1960 and 1975, respectively. While no awards were granted for the Best Performance of a Mazurka or Concerto, the Best Performance of a Polonaise was won ex-aequo by Sa Chen and Yundi Li. Of the thirty-eight pianists who qualified for the 2nd stage, 7 were from China, 6 from Japan, 4 from Russia and 4 from Poland (Piotr Machnik, Natalia Sawoscianik, Radoslaw Sobczak, Daniel Wnukowski). Participants who did not qualify for the finals, but received Honorable Mention Awards include Ning An (USA), Etsuko Hirose (France), Valentina Igoshina (Russia), Radoslaw Sobczak (Poland), Nicolas Stavy (France) and Mihaela Ursuleasa (Romania). Visit the website for further particulars at http://www.chopin.pl
Double Exposure At UD Oct. 7 Double Exposure at UD Oct. 7 The University of Delawares Performing Arts Series opens its 20002001 season when "Double Exposure " the spellbinding husband-and-wife musical duo from Great Britain, appear in concert at 8 p.m., Saturday http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/double092600.html
Extractions: T he University of Delaware’s Performing Arts Series opens its’ 2000-2001 season when "Double Exposure," the spellbinding husband-and-wife musical duo from Great Britain, appear in concert at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7. Their performance will take place in Mitchell Hall, South College Avenue, Newark. She also was the "ghost pianist" in the popular British film "Truly Madly, Deeply." Her compositions have been commissioned and performed by the London Philharmonic, London Mozart Players and the London Chamber Symphony. Her orchestral piece, Sun Warrior, received its acclaimed U.S. premiere by the Women’s Philharmonic in 1997
Extractions: PERFORMER All Event Names "A Little Mayhem, A Little Murder," "Lookout Point" "A Night in Naples" with Paula Robison "A Shayna Maidel" "Ambassador Satch" "Ambassador Satch: The Life and Times of Louis Armstrong" "Bloody Sunday" "Bring in Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk" "Bye Bye Birdie" "Call and Response" "Camelot" "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" "Chicago" "Cinderella" "Dames at Sea" "Dear Liar" "Evita" "Grease" "Happenstance" "Jason and the Golden Fleece" "L.I.E." "Lazer Vaudeville" "Louis Armstrong on TV" "Love, Sex and the I.R.S." "Mama Souprano's Funeral" "Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas: Impressionists in Paris, a Love Story" "No" "Oliver!" "Pirates of Penzance" "Saturday Night Fever" "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" "The Adventure of Stuart Little" "The Importance of Being Ernest" "The Laramie Project" "The Music Man" "The Oresteia" "The Prophet" "The Speed of Darkness" "The Substitute Tooth Fairy" "The Tenant" "The Women" "Unforgiven" "Urban Tangos" "West Side Story" 'Piano Bar' Live by Patricia Kaas ... and you will know us by the trail of dead 20th Annual Easter Egg Hunt 3 Doors Down; Theory of a Deadman
