PERFORMANCE NOTES.
Byline: The Register-GuardConcert and contest winners
SPRINGFIELD - Chamber Music Amici performs its third concert of the season next week and announces winners of its annual poster contest in a reception before the show.
The program for the concert includes Antonin Dvorak's Trio in F Minor for Piano, Violin and Cello; and F.J. Haydn's Trio in G Major for Two Violins and Cello.
Performing will be Stephen Pologe, cello; Sharon Schuman, violin; Victor Steinhardt, piano; and guest musician Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin, former concertmaster of the Eugene Symphony.
The quartet will play at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Richard E. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St. Tickets are $23 to $25; $5 for students, available at 541-953-9204 or at chambermusicamici.org.
A reception for finalists in the Amici poster contest will precede the concert at 5 p.m. at Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St. That free event will feature live chamber music by South Eugene High School students.
Winners of the art contest will be named at the concert.
'The Lost Saints of Winter'
Vox Resonat - an ensemble of vocal soloists specializing in music of the Baroque, Renaissance and Middle Ages - performs its first concert of the season at 8 p.m. Friday at Central Lutheran Church, 1857 Potter St.
The program, "The Lost Saints of Winter," will offer music from the early Middle Ages to the high Renaissance. It features pieces composed for festivities associated with ancient December and January holidays, some of which are largely forgotten today.
"In contemporary America, Christmas dominates the darkest part of winter," says Eric Mentzel, Vox Resonat's founder and director. "But Europe of ages past was awash in winter holidays. Some of them are still celebrated in grand style."
Mentzel is a voice professor at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance.
A donation of $10, $5 for students and senior citizens, is suggested.
17th century English music
The Cascade Consort plays a program of early 17th century English music at 4 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St.
The ensemble will perform music by composers who worked for the Stuart royal houses of James I and Charles I. Music by the Lawes brothers, William and Henry, as well as compositions by Robert Johnson and John Dowland will be on the program.
The Cascade Consort is composed of Joanna Blendulf, viols and cello; Julia Brown, harpsichord and organ; Aaron Cain, baritone; and David Rogers, lute. Each of the musicians has had a substantial performing and recording career before joining forces to create the Eugene-based early music ensemble.
A donation of $10 is requested. The audience also is encouraged to bring canned goods to contribute to FOOD for Lane County.
Voorheeses, Essig honored
Sid and Hank Voorhees and Don Essig, who lead fundraising auctions for many nonprofit Eugene organizations, will receive the 2013 Advocate for the Arts award from the Eugene Symphony.
It is the first time that the symphony has honored more than one individual or family in a single year.
The Voorheeses, married 54 years, run auctions throughout the Northwest.
Essig is widely recognized as the stadium announcer of the University of Oregon Ducks.
They will receive the award at the symphony's annual black-tie fundraiser Feb. 2.
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| Publication: | The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) |
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| Date: | Jan 24, 2013 |
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