Posted January 8, 2016
DAYTON, OH (January 8, 2016) – On Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 3 p.m. in the Dayton Art Institute Renaissance Theatre, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will present Sound and Song, the second concert in the 2015-2016 Chamber Series. Associate Sponsor for this performance is the Bill and Jackie Lockwood Family Foundation.
The intimate sound of the voice accompanied by piano or small grouping of stringed instruments, such as a string quartet, is a central thread in the development of classical and popular music. The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra’s second Chamber Series program, Sound and Song, will explore the range of chamber works that demonstrate this pairing of instrument and voice to greatest effect.
Dayton Philharmonic welcomes young artists from Dayton Opera’s Artists-in-Residence program – soprano Kasia Borowiec, mezzo-soprano Melisa Bonetti, tenor Zachary Devin and baritone Andrew Pardini – to the Dayton Art Institute Renaissance Theatre stage for this musical excursion. The vocalists will be accompanied by gifted musicians from Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, including Joshua Nemith on piano, Aurelian Oprea and Kirstin Greenlaw on violin, Sheridan Currie on viola, Andra Padrichelli on cello, John Kurokawa on clarinet, and Aaron Brant on horn. Dayton Opera Chorus Master Jeffrey Powell will also be playing piano for this performance.
“What a wonderful opportunity it is for the talented singers of Dayton Opera’s Artists-in-Residence program to be featured in this concert and to be able to perform some really wonderful chamber repertoire in collaboration with the musicians of the Dayton Philharmonic,” said Dayton Opera Artistic Director Thomas Bankston. “Along with the value of the big experience they get in opera on the stage of the Schuster Center, the experience of the intimate music-making in the DAI’s Renaissance Auditorium further enriches and enhances their residency.”
The afternoon will include some of the most beautiful pieces of chamber music with vocal spotlight, including Schubert’s Auf dem Strom, Brahms’s Zwei Gesange, selections from Spohr’s Sechs Deutche Lieder, Barber’s Dover Beach, two quartets from Schumann’s Spanisches Liederspiel, Corigliano’s Liebeslied, and Rossini’s Gondolieri.
Larry Coressel from Discover Classical WDPR 88.1 will give a pre-concert Take Note talk beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets for Sound and Song are $22 for adults and $14 for students and children, and all tickets are General Admission Seating. Tickets are available at Ticket Center Stage (937) 228-3630 or online at www.daytonperformingarts.org. Senior, teacher and military discounts are available at the box office. For more information on this concert or on other upcoming performances by Dayton Philharmonic, Dayton Opera and Dayton Ballet, visit www.daytonperformingarts.org.