Extractions: Artist: Lambert Orkis Album: 20th Century Consort; Compositions By Crumb, Wright, Penn, Morrill Label: Innova Recordings Genre: Classical: Post Modern Lambert Orkis is a pianist for all seasons. No...make that a keyboardist for all seasons. He tackles William Penn's "Fantasy For Solo Harpsichord" with a virtuoso ferocity that threatens to make Franz Liszt's mountainous technique seem like a molehill, even as it leaves Conlon Nancarrow's celebrated player pianos panting and begging for oil. [:30 MP3 samples] Track # Song Title hi fi lo fi Time Celestial Mechanics - Alpha Centauri (George Crumb) Celestial Mechanics - Beta Cygni (George Crumb) Celestial Mechanics - Gamma Draconis (George Crumb) Celestial Mechanics - Delta Orionis (George Crumb) Chamber Symphony For Piano And Electric Sounds (Maurice Wright) Fantasy For Solo Harpsichord (William Penn) Fantasy Quintet For Piano And Computer - Ringing (Dexter Morrill) Fantasy Quintet For Piano And Computer - Our Heart's Delight (Dexter Morrill) Fantasy Quintet For Piano And Computer - Ragtime (Dexter Morrill)
Extractions: Full Review Wonderful musical moments like those in this boxed set are rare indeed. Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis are without a doubt the perfect duo to perform the greatest violin sonatas by the greatest composer in the history of music. Add that to a beautifully produced set of Deutsche Grammophon cds of the highest standards, and you have recordings that will be a centerpiece of any classical music collection. It is one of the centerpieces of my collection, which means a great deal since it has competition from over 3,500 other classical cds. Writing this review is actually more difficult than I considered it would be, as the main dilemma isnt what to write, but how much. You see, these recordings present the listener so much, that one could write about their offerings for a longer period than most Epinions members would care to read. Therefore, I have decided to discuss the recordings in broader terms, with some references to individual compositions.
Piano300 May 1-June 3 2001 Events members Jody Gatwood, violin, Kenneth Slowik, cello, and lambert orkis, piano, perform bysingers KT Sullivan, Michael McCoy, and singer/pianist Mark Nadler. http://piano300.si.edu/perform05.htm
Extractions: May 1-June 3, 2001 Events During final month of the Piano 300 exhibition at the Smithsonian International Gallery there are many opportunities to hear superb pianists in a variety of musical styles. The "Piano Grand Finale!" will include extra performance tours and gallery talks, a reprise of last year's popular Art Night on the Mall featuring students from the Levine School, and more. Most of the programs listed below are free, and many take place in the exhibition itself, affording visitors a final opportunity to hear many of the historic instruments on display. Over 225,000 have visited the exhibition (through early April 2001), thousands more have visited the exhibition's website (www.piano300.org), and special public programs presented at various venues around the Smithsonian have been enormously popular. Though the exhibition will close on June 3, the National Museum of American History will continue its long-standing tradition of providing a wide variety of exhibition-related programs (visit www.americanhistory.si.edu
Exisle Publishing Ltd: BRAVO! The NZSO At 50 audience! reviewer John Button wrote about the recital given by Russian cellistMstislav Rostropovich, with American pianist lambert orkis, in which he http://www.exisle.co.nz/bkmisc/bravo/br_intro.htm
Extractions: By Joy Tonks. On 18 April 1996, Exisle published BRAVO! The NZSO at 50 by Joy Tonks, a major work in hardback to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Beautifully designed and printed on artpaper, the book includes more than 200 colour and black and white illustrations, with ten chapters on the life and times of the country's best-known arts organisation. There are cameo appearances by some of the greats of 20th century music, like composer Igor Stravinsky who phoned up out of the blue in 1961 to say he'd heard there was a rather good orchestra here, and could he come and conduct them playing some of his works. Then there was Nigel Kennedy, "sporting a punk haircut, designer stubble and blue glasses" who busked to publicise his concert, but was deadly serious about his music. Jacqueline du Pre performed with the NZSO in 1970 at the height of her fame. Kiri Te Kanawa debuted with the NZSO in 1965 in a "modest lunch-hour concert, which attracted record numbers" ...international pianist Lili Kraus studied under Bartok early in her career and later became a New Zealand citizen... There are anecdotes about conductors falling backwards off the stage, petulant maestros storming out, players who vanished into the Bermuda Triangle of classical music...
The Schubert Institute (UK) used to hearing, but, as ClausChristian Schuster, the pianist of the group D. 667The Trout , performed by the Castle Trio, lambert orkis, fortepiano; Marilyn http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/franzschubert/articles/art00019.html
Extractions: Schubert 200 in Washington DC January 27, 1997 – The Altenberg Trio, "concert celebrating 200 years, Franz Schubert" at the Austrian Embassy, in Washington, DC. They performed the Piano Trios D929 and D898. The Altenberg trio has recorded the World premiere of the "unabridged version" of the Trio in E-flat major, Op 100/D929. This version is about a third longer than what we are normally used to hearing, but, as Claus-Christian Schuster, the pianist of the group assured us that night, they have played the complete version to many audiences, and "there have been many survivors". This CD is available from Vanguard Classics, The Netherlands. A very good evening. January 30, and February 13, 1997, Notturno , parts 1 and 2, at the Embassy of Austria, Washington, DC. "To commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Franz Schubert". If you haven’t seen this movie, you MUST see it. Notes from the program: "this breathtaking movie is based on an in-depth study of biographical and musical sources and is internationally recognized as one of the best analytical portraits of a composer. Its soundtrack is outstanding and includes samples of Schubert’s quartets and symphonies, as well as piano compositions and his last mass." The first part, titled "Die Liebe hat gelogen", contains many beautiful scenes of young people dancing, gliding down a river, revelling in the open air. When the first evening ended, there was applause from the audience. Part 1 was like a "feel good" movie. The second part
Extractions: MUSIC: Mutter brings 20th century composers, classical tunes to public By Howard Ho Daily Bruin Contributor Twentieth century music lost the mainstream audience as far back as the 1913 premiere of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring." But alas, this music has found its patron in Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Grammy-winning virtuoso violinist. Mutter performed an eclectic mix of the most revolutionary 20th century composers, including Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, at Royce Hall last Thursday. Instead of alienating the audience, she managed to hold them with precise playing and delightful pieces. The night began with Arvo Paert's "Fratres," a haunting piece that is dazzling in its vitality. "Fratres" allowed Mutter an opportunity to display her virtuosity, opening with fast continuous arpeggios that built up until a single piano tone broke through. That moment alone made the concert worthwhile. The ensuing pieces highlighted Mutter's versatility as a performer as well as the strength of her ensemble cast. Stravinsky's "Suite Italienne" required extensive string work while the Shostakovich Trio "No. 2" called for expressiveness. In both, Lambert Orkis, Mutter's perennial accompanist, delighted audiences with a solid backbone of sound that Mutter so gracefully ornated.
Eeuwig Zingen De Bossen... heel intieme momenten. Wat opvalt is de perfecte timing van cellistAnner Bijlsma en pianist lambert orkis. Mede door het gebruik http://www.nopapers.nl/km/muz2/9/muze0993.html
FREDERICK HISTORIC PIANO COLLECTION instruments. lambert orkis, pianist and Recording Artist. The FrederickCollection of Historical Pianos is a national treasure. It http://www.ashburnham.org/Frederickcollection/commentary.htm
Extractions: Return to Ashburnham Home Page Return to Frederick's Home Page COMMENTARY ON THE FREDERICK PIANO COLLECTION PERFORMING MUSICIANS, MUSIC SCHOLARS, AND OTHERS MUSEUM CURATORS ...one of the best experiences to happen to us in a long time. We are enormously impressed by your collection, your care of it, and your great knowledge of the subject... It's obvious we need several more trips in order to get to know your pianos even better. Cynthia Adams Hoover Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. I have known Mike Frederick since 1983, and greatly admire the work he and his wife have accomplished in collecting and restoring fine pianos of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, and making them available not only for public concerts, but also for private study and examination by performers and scholars. Such a large group of well-preserved pianos from the instrument's most active period of musical and technical development, many of which are still in playable condition, is without precedence in this country. Mr. Darcy Kuronen
Reyburn Piano Service, Inc. a Grammy nominated (Best Chamber Music category) recording of Brahms and Schumannworks for Piano and Cello performed by lambert orkis, pianist, Anner Bylsma http://www.reyburn.com/rps.html
Extractions: Reyburn Piano Service, Inc. has developed specialized software for the piano service business since 1983. Dean, Mitch, Carl, Dave and most RCT distributors and teachers are " RPT ," Registered Piano Technician members of the Piano Technicians Guild and full time piano tuner-technicians with many years of professional tuning experience. Mitch is author of RCT's user manual and on-line help, and is primary "Human Interface Engineer" for RCT. Mitch provides support for RCT users, and is an Authorized RCT distributor. Mitch has been tuning pianos full time since 1984 (aurally-only to 1993) and is fascinated by the overlap of aural and electronic tuning. "That's where hard-headed science bumps into art's soft belly. The resultant hybrid has revolutionized our profession." Mitch has written extensively for PTG, including a year long series in the Journal about preparing for the RPT Exams, PTG's Pre Screening Manual, and co-wrote PTG's Business Resource Manual and several Technical Bulletins. His hobbies include golf and bicycling. Carl Lieberman RPT Carl has been a full time piano technician in Los Angeles since 1972. He learned aural tuning from David Safir and learned repair, regulation and voicing skills in David's shop at Pianos Wholesale. Carl tuned aurally only until 1979 and has been integrating both aural and electronic tuning since then. He studied math and computers eons ago at UC Berkeley and has contributed these skills to the RCT beta testing team since the release of the first RCT version 1.0 in 1996. Carl has taught RCT classes at both the California State and National PTG Conventions with Dean and Mitch since then. Along with his teenage son Zack and wife Lynn, Carl blends into life's parade along the Boardwalk on Venice Beach where they live.
The Haverford School - Arts His teachers include Anna Kopansky, Ninuca Pop, Daniel Goiti, lambert orkis, andHarvey Wedeen. Mary Kier, pianist Teacher in The Haverford School Conservatory. http://www.haverford.org/arts/music_faculty.htm
Extractions: Acting Music Department Chair, Lower School Music Teacher Mr. Case earned his Bachelor of Music Education Degree at Westminster Choir College in Princeton where he studied voice with Thomas Faracco. He performed in the Westminster Chapel Choir, the Westminster Symphonic Choir, and was one of the youngest singers invited to perform with the renowned Westminster Choir. His performances with the choirs include concerts at the Academy of Music and Carnegie Hall under the baton of Joseph Flummerfelt, Ricardo Muti, and Eric Leinsdorf. Mr. Case currently teaches Lower School Music and is the director of the Treble Choir. Valerie Conway Case, pianist Lower School Music Teacher Mrs. Case holds a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Westminster Choir College and a Master of Music from the University of Delaware. While her principle instrument is the piano, which she has studied with Marcantonio Barone and Harold Zabrack, her exceptional musicianship and vocal artistry was recognized at Westminster Choir College with a position in the Symphonic Choir. Mrs. Case is an experienced music educator and choral director who held positions in the Springfield School District and the Malvern school. She currently teaches Lower School music classes at Haverford, and is the accompanist for the Treble Choir.
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND LETTERS I. Yeo, winner Marceil Greenhalgh Bishop Music Award, $4000; lambert orkis, internationallyknown concert pianist and recent winner of a Grammy Award; Dr. http://www.nsal-dc.org/piano99-00.html
Extractions: Left to right: Kuei-I Wu, Promising Artist Award $2000; Marilyn Neeley, internationally known duo-pianist, music professor at Catholic University; Philip Kennicott, music critic from the Washington Post; Jennifer I. Yeo, winner Marceil Greenhalgh Bishop Music Award, $4000; Lambert Orkis, internationally known concert pianist and recent winner of a Grammy Award; Dr. Raymond Jackson, concert pianist and organist, music professor at Howard University; Catriona Erler, competition chair, former president, NSAL, Washington Chapter. We congratulate the winners and thank the judges for a difficult but excellent decision.
Keyboard Department Claude Frank, lambert orkis and Victor Merzhanov. Awards include Gold Medals atNational Competitions in the former USSR, Extraordinary pianist grant in http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/conservatory/keyboard/faculty.htm
Extractions: A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Anthony Padilla studied with Jorge Bolet, Nelita True, Jeffrey Kahane and Natalya Antonova. Awarded the prestigious Beethoven Fellowship by the American Pianists Association, Mr. Padilla is also a laureate of the Gina Bachauer, Cleveland, William Kapell, and Walter Naumburg International Piano Competitions. He recently won the prestigious Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York City. As a soloist and collaborative pianist, he has performed throughout the United States and in Europe, including concerts at the Ravinia, Holzhausen, Bay View, and San Luis Obispo Mozart Festivals. He joined the Lawrence Conservatory faculty in 1997. Michael Injae Kim , Associate Professor of Music Michael Kim has been featured soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Boston and Cincinnati Pops, the Florida Orchestra, and the symphonies of Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and London. He has toured the U.K. with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony, and Peru with the Trujillo Symphony. He is a laureate of the Scottish (Glasgow), Leeds, and Ivo Pogorelich International Piano Competitions, and grand prizewinner of Canadian Music and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation National Radio Competitions. Mr. Kim holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Julliard School. He joined the Lawrence Conservatory faculty in 1996. Dmitri Novgorodsky , Visiting Associate Professor of Music
DVD Video Reviews I, SEP02 - AUDIOPHILE AUDITION AnneSophie Mutter, violin; lambert orkis, piano; Studio BBC/DGG (Universal Music); aswell as being an interesting interview with Mutter and her able pianist. http://www.audaud.com/audaud/SEP02/DVD-V/dvd1SEP02.html
Extractions: Plus Documentary film: A Life With Beethoven (2001) This is an unusual, unexpected and very courageous DVD project. The complete ten violin-piano sonatas in a set of CDs is unusual enough, but to offer all of them in a series of live performances taped in Paris is unique to say the least. The documentary is really a very compelling music appreciation tour of the ten sonatas as well as being an interesting interview with Mutter and her able pianist. (I hesitate to call him an accompanist because actually these works are often credited as the Piano-Violin Sonatas - indicating that Beethoven intended for the two instruments to have equal say in the music.) The musical world inhabited by these works evolves tremendously during the course of the ten sonatas. It begins in the world of Haydn and Mozart, with perhaps a bit more depth than either but still encased in the Classic structures and development of themes. These were the instruments most familiar to Beethoven and he was able to put them thru their paces with great skill and a variety of effects. His deafness was coming on in some of the middle sonatas but his familiarity with the instruments kept his composing from being affected. The Spring Sonata (No. 5) is one of only two of the works with a subtitle. Mutter stresses the fresh qualities of the first movement's main theme, and the Adagio is famous for its own glorious melody. The other titled sonata is No. 9, the "Kreutzer." This 46 minute epic work is full of virtuoso improvisatory passages created for its original intended performer, a mulatto violinist named Bridgetower.
Art And Humanities internationally renowned musicians in their midst; among the most acclaimed of thoseis certainly National Symphony Orchestra principal pianist lambert orkis. http://www.creativemoco.com/calendar-Music-new-1.cfm?m=3&y=2004&type=Music
Beata Szalwinska -Classical Pianist orkis Arlington Explore many-faceted career of pianist lambert orkis, noted forconcerts, and recordings as recital partner, chamber musician and soloist. http://www.classicol.com/Piano/Links.cfm?ID=1255
Extractions: "Müller–Schott is far more than just an exceptional cellist. He reveals undreamt–of aspects of the music." Süddeutsche Zeitung "Kulek possesses the technique and musicality which allow him to coax the most subtle shades of sound from his grand piano. The result is pure poetry!" says Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of pianist Robert Kulek. Since capturing a top prize at the 1994 "Vittorio Gui" International Chamber Music Competition, he has performed in the most prestigious concert halls of Europe, United States and Asia. The last few season’s appearances included Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Vienna, Wigmore Hall London, Carnegie Hall New York, Herbst Theatre San Francisco and Seoul Arts Center in Korea. Robert Kulek has performed with artists such as Kyung-Wha Chung, Julian Rachlin, Gary Hoffman, Priya Mitchell and Charles Neidich. On Tour: Tues 6 May Clifden (Church of Ireland, 8pm), Wed 7 May Castlebar (Linenhall Arts Centre, 8.30pm), Thurs 8 May Dublin (Coach House, Dublin Castle, 8pm), Fri 9 May Mullingar (All Saints Church, 8pm), Sat 10 May Tinahely (Courthouse Arts Centre, 8.30pm), Tues 13 May Monaghan (Monaghan Market House, 8:30pm), Thurs 15 May Lisburn (Island Arts Centre, 8pm), Fri 16 May Armagh (Market Place Theatre, 8pm).
Art Of The States: A Little Suite For Christmas, A.D. 1979 about the music. A Little Suite for Christmas, AD 1979 was composedin early 1980 for pianist lambert orkis. It was inspired by early http://www.artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=75
Extractions: Comment : For music lovers, it is trite knowledge that Beethoven's chamber music is as ingenious as his symphonies and concertos. In this DVD, one witnesses live Paris performances of two of Beethoven's most celebrated violin sonatas: the "Spring" (No. 5 in F Major) and the "Kreutzer" (No. 9 in A Major). I don't need to explain (to anyone culturally sophisticated enough to be reading this review) the sublimity of these two masterpieces. As for the performing artists, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is the serious interpreter while the "accompanying" pianist Lambert Orkis appears to be the more fun-loving one. "A Life with Beethoven" is sort of a "behind the scenes" look at these two performances as they arrive in Paris by plane, practice the violin sonatas together, and chat about Beethoven and music history. This documentary also includes clips from what appears to be live performances, by the same duo, of Beethoven's other violin sonatas including the 10th. There are also brief clips from the 70s showing Ms. Mutter playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto under the masterful baton of the late Maestro Karajan. Rating: 5 of 5
Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) and Washington Orchestra for Bejamin Britten s War Requiem (best choral performance);conductor Robert Shafer, pianist lambert orkis, supporting violinist http://www.wamadc.com/wama/news/dec99pg1.html
Extractions: December 1999 / January 2000 1999 Wammiesú Nominees Washington Music Awards What's In A Name? DC Grammy Nominations ... Classified Advertising Washington Music Awards Tickets are $20 for non-members, $15 Members. Nominees are entitled to a maximum of six tickets at $3 each and up to an additional ten tickets at $10 each. Tickets are available at all ProTix locations, by phone at 703-218-6500, and online at tickets.com . Nominee tickets are available only through WAMA at 703-237-9500. A whole lot of hassles, according to Diana Quinn of local band The Towering Bouffants. ãWeâve learned that in this age you must be very careful about choosing your name and that money is a very powerful thing,ä Quinn said, now that her band has agreed on the settlement of a lawsuit filed by Memphis band The Bouffants. The Towering Bouffants will not be required to pay any monetary compensation and will begin using a new moniker of The Fabulettes after December 31st in keeping with the settlement agreement. She added that the new Fabulettes will not abandon their bouffant hairstyles. ãHaving that silhouette of the three towers of hair walking down the street does a lot for our visibility,ä laughed Quinn.
Extractions: CONCERT REVIEW By Andrew Wong Staff Writer Anne-Sophie Mutter Symphony Hall Oct. 16, 8 p.m. Sonata for Violin and Piano Anne-Sophie Mutter has come a long way since her child-prodigy years with mentor Herbert von Karajan. She is renowned as a champion of modern music with such accomplishments as her Mutter Modern Album a work written specifically for her. Last year, she finished off her Beethoven sonata cycle, having extensively toured with Orkis in a full exposition of the ten sonatas. She has even managed to record a full-length DVD on the subject. Hungarian Dances Porgy and Bess Suite (arranged by Jascha Heifetz). During each piece, Mutter played with full intensity and wit, polarizing all dynamic contrasts to the extremes of her instrument. However, the seductive glissandos, the ultra-wide vibrato, and the hollowness of the piano sections somehow detracted from the overall performance. At times, especially in the Hungarian Rhapsody Violin Concerto Spring Sonata Having been a huge fan of her playing, I was shocked to find myself leaving the concert unimpressed and a bit empty. Yes, her technique is truly amazing and she is one of the finest violinists of our time, but in a concert situation, the effect is a saturation of style.
