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 21s 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 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 Englands 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: www.janus21.org

Concert News: For Immediate Release
Contact: Max Levinson, Telephone 617-666-2504