Thursday, June 03, 2010

UPDATED Spivey Hall 2010-2011 Season Concerts - including jazz!

Spivey Hall proudly presents its 20th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT SEASON, featuring a collection of extraordinary international artists performing a rich variety of great music.

A summary of concert dates, artists, and what we know about their programs is given below, grouped by series.

Jazz fans, many thanks for your patience: details about our JAZZ SERIES are announced below. If you wish to add any tickets to a subscription order already placed, please just give the Box Office a call. If you've been holding off making your subscription order, there's no better time than now!

IN GENERAL: To order a create-your-own-series subscription (with a discount of 10% if you purchase tickets to four, five or six concerts, or a 20% discount for seven or more concerts), or to receive a copy of our 2010-2011 Season Book with additional information about the artists, or for any questions about these concerts, please telephone the SPIVEY HALL BOX OFFICE at (678) 466-4200, ext. 1, and one of our Patron Services staff members will be happy to assist you.

We sincerely appreciate the loyalty of our subscribers and the generosity of our donors who help make each Spivey Hall concert season possible. We look forward to welcoming music lovers -- those who already know the joys of hearing great music here, and those who have yet to discover these wonderful pleasures -- to Spivey Hall next season!

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CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY - SPIVEY HALL
2010-2011 SEASON CONCERTS


++ PIANO SERIES ++

LOUIS LORTIE – Sun Oct 17 ’10 3 PM – $45

A program of works by CHOPIN interweaving a selection of Nocturnes and Impromptus, culminating with his magnificent Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 38

IMOGEN COOPER – Sat Feb 26 ’11 8:15 PM – $45

HAYDN Sonata in E-flat major, Hob XVI/52
BEETHOVEN Sonata in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2, “Tempest”
BRAHMS Theme &Variations from String Sextet, Op. 18*
*transcribed for Clara Schumann in 1860
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 12

HAOCHEN ZHANG – Sat Apr 16 ’11 8:15 PM – $35 – Spivey Hall Debut
Program to be announced.

(Important note: The DAY and the TIME of Haochen Zhang's concert were, unfortunately, originally incorrectly listed in our season book -- more proof that we are human! The DATE, April 16, which happens to be a SATURDAY, is correct, and like all Spivey Series Saturday evening concerts, concert time is 8:15 PM. Apologies...we have made the correction in the season books available from the Box Office. Future publications will have the correct information, and the tickets themselves will bear the correct day, date and time.)

PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD – Sat May 7 ’11 8:15 PM – $60 – Spivey Hall Debut

WAGNER Piano Sonata in A-flat major
BERG Piano Sonata, Op. 1
SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 9
LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor


++ STRING SERIES ++

TAKACS QUARTET – Sat Sept 25 ’10 8:15 PM – $50 – Pre-concert Talk 7:15 PM – Season Opening Concert

SCHUBERT Quartet Movement in C minor, D.703
HAYDN String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71 No. 3
DANIEL KELLOGG Soft Sleep Shall Contain You: A Meditation on Schubert's “Death and the Maiden”
SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”

JUPITER STRING QUARTET – Sat Nov 20 ’10 8:15PM – $40 – Pre-concert talk 7:15 PM

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
KURTÁG 12 Microludes for String Quartet, Op.13
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat major. Op. 130

ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET – Sat Feb 12 ’11 8:15 PM – $45 – Pre-concert talk 7:15 PM

HAYDN String Quartet in D major, Op. 74 No. 1
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 12
JOHN ADAMS String Quartet (2009)*
*commissioned for and premiered by the SLSQ

JUPITER STRING QUARTET – Sat Mar 12 ’11 8:15 PM – $40 – Pre-concert Talk 7:15 PM

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
WEBERN Langsammersatz
WEBERN Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132


++ VOICE SERIES ++

ALEK SHRADER, tenor (Spivey Hall Debut) & ROGER VIGNOLES, piano – Sun Nov 7 ’10 3 PM –$40 – Pre-concert Talk 2 PM
JUBILANT SYKES, baritone & CHRISTOPHER PARKENING, guitar – Sat Dec 4 ’10 8:15 PM – $50

JOYCE DIDONATO, mezzo-soprano & JULIUS DRAKE piano – Sun Feb 20 ’11 3 PM – $50 – Pre-concert talk 2 PM

STILE ANTICO – Sun Apr 3 ’11 3 PM – $40 – Spivey Hall Debut

CHANTICLEER – Sat Apr 30 ’11 8:15 PM – $50

++ GUITAR SERIES ++

ROLAND DYENS – Sun Oct 3 ’10 3 PM – $35 – Spivey Hall Debut

CHRISTOPHER PARKENING, guitar & JUBILANT SYKES, baritone – Sat Dec 4 ’10 8:15 PM – $50

LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET – Sun Feb 13 ’11 3 PM – $40

JOHN WILLIAMS – Sun Mar 20 ’11 3 PM – $60 – Spivey Memorial Concert

++ ORGAN SERIES ++

JANE PARKER-SMITH – Sat Oct 9 ’10 3 PM – $30 – Pre-concert Talk 2 PM

RICHARD MORRIS – Sat Jan 29 ’11 3 PM – $30

RAUL PRIETO RAMIREZ – Sat Feb 19 ’11 3PM – $30 – Pre-concert Talk 2 PM – Spivey Hall Debut

PAUL JACOBS – Sat Mar 19 ’11 3 PM – $30 – Pre-concert Talk 2 PM

++ SPIVEY HALL 2011 SPRING BACH FESTIVAL ++

CECYLIA ARZEWSKI, violin
Sat Mar 5 ’11 8:15 PM – $25
and
Sat May 21 ’11 8:15 PM – $25
BACH: COMPLETE SONATAS & PARTITAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN

Mar 5:
Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005

May 21:
Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

PAUL JACOBS, organ – Sat Mar 19 ’11 3 PM – $30 – Pre-concert Talk 2 PM

Program to include works by J.S. BACH

HOPKINSON SMITH, German theorbo – Sun Apr 10 ’11 3 PM

J.S. BACH (arr. H. Smith) Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009


++ SPIVEY HALL CHILDREN'S CHOIR PROGRAM ++

Spivey Hall Young Artists & Spivey Hall Children’s Choir
Fri Dec 10 ’10 7 PM – $25 adults/$12.50 children

Spivey Hall Children's Choir & Spivey Hall Tour Choir
Sat & Sun, Dec 11 & 12, '10 3 PM – $25 adults/$12.50 children


Spivey Hall Young Artists & Spivey Hall Children’s Choir
Fri May 13 ’11 7 PM – $20 adults/$10 children


Spivey Hall Children’s Choir & Spivey Hall Tour Choir
Sat & Sun, May 14 & 15 ’11 3 PM – $20 adults/$12.50 children

++ JAZZ/SWING SERIES ++

Sat Oct 23 '10 8:15 PM - $45

JOSHUA REDMAN

Joshua Redman, saxophone
Reuben Rogers, bass
Gregory Hutchinson, drums

“At his best, Joshua Redman seems a class apart for technique, invention and artistry. This US maestro has contemporary saxophone covered” (Evening Standard, London). Hailed as a creative leader in jazz, Joshua Redman performs selections from his 2009 Nonesuch release, COMPASS, which “easily ranks among his most rewarding recordings” (The Washington Post).

www.joshuaredman.com


Sun Dec 5 '10 3 PM - $40

BAPTISTE TROTIGNON

Baptiste Trotignon, piano
Mark Turner, tenor saxophone
Matt Penman, bass
Gregory Hutchinson, drums

A favorite of European jazz festivals, the brilliant young French pianist Baptiste Trotignon, among the brightest talents on the international jazz scene, makes his Atlanta debut following the success of his latest CD release, SHARE.

Presented in collaboration with the French Consulate General in Atlanta

www.baptistetrotignon.com


Sat Dec 18 '10 8:15 PM - $40

JOE GRANSDEN’S BIG BAND HOLIDAY SHOW


Atlanta’s favorite jazz trumpeter returns to Spivey Hall with his own top-notch big band to swing into the holiday season.

www.joegransden.com


Sun Jan 23 ’11 3 PM – $40

THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA

Nobody put more Americans "In the Mood" for great swing music than the legendary Glenn Miller, who fronted the most famous big band of all time. The hit-maker's legacy continues with The Glenn Miller Orchestra's incomparable performances of such beloved tunes as "Moonlight Serenade," "American Patrol," "Pennsylvania 6-5000" and "Chattanooga Choo-Choo." Treat yourself to wonderful music from the Swing Era that's sure to put a bounce in your step and a smile on your face.

www.glennmillerorchestra.com


Sat Jan 22 '11 8:15 PM - $40

MULGREW MILLER TRIO

Mulgrew Miller, piano
Derrick Hodge, bass
Rodney Green, drums

Spivey Hall welcomes back Mississippi-born Mulgrew Miller, a celebrated jazz pianist whose extensive performance schedule and acclaimed recordings have won him loyal fans internationally. “True to his blues-tinged upbringing, he’s a bop intellectual with an unabashed gift for populism. That explains both the thundering jabs in his sparking runs and the sleekness in his writing and arranging” (Time Out NY).

www.mulgrewmiller.com


Sat Mar 26 '11 8:15 PM - $40

RENE MARIE
VOICE OF MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

Rene Marie, vocals
Kevin Bales, piano
Rodney Jordan, bass
Quentin Baxter, drums

“One of the most sensuous songbirds ever captured on disc, Rene Marie's torch burns hotter, and oft-times brighter, than any of her peers” (JazzTimes). For her long-awaited Spivey Hall debut, Rene Marie performs her acclaimed program, VOICE OF MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, a uniquely personal mix of songs that have influenced her entire life.

www.renemarie.com


++ REGIONAL ENSEMBLES ++

Check our website, http://www.spiveyhall.org/, as well as our fall, winter and spring flyers, for details about other performances by Regional Ensembles that may be added throughout the season, or call the Box Office at (678) 466-4200.

Gaubert VIVANT! - A tribute to Philippe Gaubert
Nicolas Duchamp, flute & Barbara McKenzie, piano
Sun Oct 31 ’10 3 PM – $30


Atlanta Chamber Players / Paula Peace, artistic director
Sun Nov 14 ’10 3 PM – $30

Coro Vocati / John Dickson, conductor
Sun Dec 19 '10 3 PM – $25

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Sun Feb 6 ’11 **2 PM** – $35

Southern Crescent Chorale / Janice Folsom, conductor
Sun Feb 27 ’11 3PM – $15

Georgian Chamber Players
Sun Apr 17 ’11 3 PM – $30


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