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September 22, 2006|Volume 35, Number 3


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Yale Philharmonia Orchestra conductor Shinik Hahm will conduct the first of the three concerts at the Shubert Theater on Sept. 29.



Yale Philharmonia to present
three concerts at the Shubert

The Yale School of Music and the Shubert Theater have announced a new partnership that will bring the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra -- the largest performing group at the School of Music -- to downtown New Haven's historic theater for a series of three concerts during the 2006-2007 season.

The Philharmonia, one of America's leading music school orchestras, will perform programs conducted by the orchestra's music director, Shinik Hahm, and two renowned guests. Soloists will include members of the School of Music's faculty as well as young music competition winners.

"Students need to adjust their technique to different venues -- this is a big part of their education," says Hahm. "When they enter the professional world, they will play in many different halls. That is why the Philharmonia has added Carnegie Hall, Boston's Symphony Hall and the Shubert Theater, along with Woolsey Hall, to the halls where we will perform this season."

School of Music Dean Robert Blocker adds that "these concerts will strengthen our already internationally renowned program in orchestral performance. We are delighted that the Shubert has made these Philharmonia concerts a part of its regular series, and we invite the area's music lovers to enjoy this fine orchestra in one of our city's cultural treasures."

Hahm will conduct the season opener at the Shubert on Friday, Sept. 29, in a program titled "Classical Grace -- Hungarian Fire." The classical part of the program includes Mozart's "Sinfonia Concertante" for winds and orchestra, featuring four members of the School of Music wind faculty: oboist Stephen Taylor, clarinetist David Shifrin, bassoonist Frank Morelli and hornist William Purvis, each a renowned soloist. The "fire" will come from music by three Hungarian composers: Zoltan Kodaly, Franz Liszt and Bela Bartók. Featured in this portion will be faculty pianist Wei-Yi Yang. In October, the Philharmonia will perform the Liszt and Kodaly works at Carnegie Hall as part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising.

The remaining two Shubert concerts will be led by guest conductors. American conductor David Effron will lead the student orchestra on Friday, Oct. 20, in a program titled "Tale of the Russian Revolution," featuring Shostakovich's Symphony No. 12 in D Minor, op. 112" ("The Year 1917"), as well as works by Saint-Saëns and Debussy. School of Music student Ryosuke Yanagitani, winner of the 2005 Woolsey Hall Competition, will perform St. Saën's "Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor." Conducting fellow John Conckling will conduct Debussy's "Afternoon of a Faun."

The final concert, "Symphony of Victory," will take place on Friday, Jan. 26. Russian conductor Anatoly Levin will lead the orchestra in a performance of Prokofiev's "Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, op. 100," written and first performed on the eve of Russian's victory in World War II. Joining Levin for Bartók's "Violin Concerto No. 2, op. 117" will be violinist Sun-Mi Chang, a winner of the 2006 Woolsey Hall Competition. Conducting fellow Darrell Ang will lead the orchestra in Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture."

Single tickets for the Yale Philharmonia concerts at the Shubert are $13, $18 and $23; students can purchase $8 tickets for balcony seats and receive 50% off orchestra and mezzanine seats on the day of the concert. Subscription tickets for all three concerts are $33, $45 and $57. Yale faculty and staff may buy tickets for all three concerts and get 50% off the single ticket price. Call the Shubert box office at (203) 562-5666 or (888) 736-2663, or visit www.shubert.com.

Yale's Philharmonia is a training orchestra for its members, many of whom have gone on to join the ranks of the nation's leading professional orchestras. In addition to its season of six regular concerts on campus, the Philharmonia has performed numerous times in Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The orchestra has participated twice in the prestigious Evian Music Festival in France. Noted conductors have worked with the orchestra over the years, including Pierre Boulez, Aaron Copland, Danny Kaye, Sir Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Eugene Ormandy, Krzysztof Penderecki, Robert Shaw, George Solti and Samuel Wong. In addition to School of Music faculty artists, guest soloists have included many famous musicians, such as cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Mstislav Rostropovich; pianists André Watts, Richard Goode and Ivo Pogorelich; and contralto Maureen Forrester.


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