Janus 21 Winter-Spring 2004 Concert Series Begins With "Singing Strings"

JANUS 21 — “the living voice of chamber music” — launches its Winter-Spring concert series with a program of music for voices and strings.

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) January 8, 2004

Janus 21’s Winter-Spring chamber music concert series begins on January 30 with “Singing Strings” featuring mezzo-soprano Jane Struss, tenor Michael Calmès, and string quartet. The program features works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arvo Pärt, Ottorino Respighi, and the premiere of “Eros Dialogues,” composed for Janus 21 by Andrew List with texts by Walt Whitman and Amy Lowell.

Friday, January 30, 8:00 p.m.

Singing Strings

Mezzo-soprano Jane Struss, tenor Michael Calmès, and string quartet

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Merciless Beauty

Ottorino Respighi, Il tramonto

Arvo Pärt, Es sang vor langen Jahren

Andrew List, Eros Dialogues (premiere)

The concert is in the Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall (Longy School of Music), 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, three blocks from the Harvard Square MBTA. For directions, see http://www.janus21.org.

Individual tickets at $21 may be reserved by calling 617-734-5174 or emailing tickets@janus21.org. Advance purchase is highly recommended. Discounted tickets ($15) for seniors and students are available at the door one hour prior to the concert.

Remaining concerts in this season are as follows:

Friday, March 5, 8 p.m.

Russian Spirits

Allison Eldredge, cello and Max Levinson, piano

Alexander Glazunov, Chant du menestrel

Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata for cello and piano

Sergei Rachmaninov, Sonata for cello and piano

Friday, April 30, 8 p.m.

Between Tides: Music of Toru Takemitsu

Andrew Kohji Taylor, violin; Max Levinson, piano

Distance de fee – violin and piano

Hika – violin and piano

Rain tree sketches I and II – piano

Far from beyond chrysanthemums and November fog – violin and piano

Orion – cello and piano

Between Tides – violin, cello and piano

Janus 21 has been hailed as one of New England’s most imaginative and dynamic professional chamber music companies. Players and singers of national and international renown, complemented by special guest artists and ensembles, present a refreshing mix of chamber music classics, rarities, and works by contemporary masters. Janus 21 artists have performed as soloists with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and locally with a host of musical organizations – the Boston Pops, Boston Philharmonic, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and FleetBoston Celebrity Series to name only a few. As chamber musicians, they have been featured at the Santa Fe, Marlboro, La Jolla, Ravinia, and Mostly Mozart, festivals; have performed in recital at Avery Fisher Hall, the 92nd St Y, and Alice Tully Hall in New York; at Wigmore Hall (London); Casals Hall and Suntory Hall (Tokyo); the Tonhalle (Zurich); the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam); the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Royce Hall (Los Angeles); the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC); and in concert in South America, Europe, and Asia.

“extraordinary brilliance and intensity” – Boston Globe

“a blaze of glory” – Boston Herald

“radiant…eloquent…impassioned” – Boston Phoenix

Janus 21 is a non-profit performing arts organization, Federal tax-exempt I.D. #04-3469679.

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JANUS 21 — “the living voice of chamber music”

Mail: P.O. Box 957, Brookline, MA 02246-0007

Street: One Potter Park, Cambridge, MA 02138

Telephone: 617-734-5174

Email: tickets@janus21.org

Website: http://www.janus21.org

Concert News: For Immediate Release

Contact: Max Levinson, Telephone 617-666-2504