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By Kerry Clawson
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 09:12 p.m. EDT, Jul 14, 2009
What do Akron's abolitionist history and the music of the Beatles have in common?
The Akron Symphony Orchestra will make both come alive with new programming in its 2009-2010 season. A uniquely Akron-centric concert Oct. 17 at E.J. Thomas Hall will center on the world premiere of The Passion of John Brown, by Akron composer Jesse Ayers.
It's part of a series of local events commemorating the 150th anniversary of Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The piece will be paired with Kevin Puts' John Brown's Body, with both works narrated by Channel 5 news anchor Leon Bibb.
''The underlying theme of the season is passion. What we love about orchestral music is its power,'' said music director Christopher Wilkins. ''In the case of John Brown, the word 'passion' has a double meaning, since he saw his siege of Harpers Ferry as an act to bring salvation to a people.''
Rounding out the Oct. 17 program at E.J. Thomas Hall will be Beethoven's Eroica symphony, Hector Berlioz' Overture to Benvenuto Cellini and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.
The symphony orchestra's 58th season will include seven Classic Series concerts, three Pops performances, the popular Gospel Meets Symphony event and a spring concert by the Akron Symphony Chorus.
Other classic concerts at E.J. Thomas will include Verdi e Puccini, an evening of best-loved arias and choruses from the Italian masters, Nov. 14; the return of guest conductor Benjamin Zander of the Boston Philharmonic for Mahler's Symphony No. 9, March 20; and Carmina Burana, one of the world's most iconic choral works, performed May 1 by the orchestra, Akron Symphony Chorus, soloists and Akron Public Schools Children's Chorus under the direction of Hugh Ferguson Floyd.
The ASO's pop series will include Wizards, Vampires and Jedi Knights — Film Music Fantasies, Oct. 25, celebrating blockbuster fantasy film scores including Harry Potter, Star Wars and Twilight. In a unique event May 27, the symphony, in conjunction with Classic Albums Live, will reproduce live on stage every note of the Beatles' iconic album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The ever-popular Gospel Meets Symphony concert will return Jan. 30, featuring community soloists, a gospel chorus and the orchestra. See http://www.akronsymphony.org for a complete 2009-2010 season schedule and call 330-535-8131 for subscriptions.
Single ticket sales will begin Aug. 17. Deals will include 50 percent savings for new subscribers, as well as free tickets for children and students to the Pops and Family packages for new subscribers.
Joshua Bell to perform
This season it landed opera celebrity Renee Fleming; for next season, it's violin superstar Joshua Bell. That's the biggest news for Tuesday Musical Club's 2009-2010 season, which will host the Grammy Award-winning musician in concert Feb. 2.
Bell's the one who did a disheartening social experiment in 2007, playing in a Washington, D.C., subway station where only seven people stopped to listen to him among more than 1,000 passersby. It's a sad commentary on how few Americans actually stop to take in the beauty around them.
Luckily, Akron audiences will get the chance to do just that when Bell performs with pianist Jeremy Denk in February.
The 2009-2010 season will begin Sept. 15 with the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra and the Harlem String Quartet, two of the concert scene's most exciting young ensembles, along with guest violinist Elena Urioste.
Vocal ensemble Chanticleer, called an ''orchestra of voices,'' will perform Oct. 6, also conducting a three-day Akron residency that includes a workshop with area choral and church directors as well as a performance by the Chanticleer Youth Choral Festival.
The Cleveland Orchestra, led by David Robertson of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, will perform Nov. 15, featuring Grammy-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman as a guest soloist in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2.
Rounding out the season will be Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester Feb. 26, re-creating the decadence of pre-war Berlin with music from Kurt Weill to Marlene Dietrich; and pianist Jonathan Bliss performs April 20.
Season subscriptions start at $125 and can be purchased at http://www.tuesdaymusical.org or 330-972-2342. Single tickets go on sale Aug. 24; call 330-972-7570 or 800-745-3000. Students may attend concerts at no cost by reserving a voucher, and accompanying parents may purchase reduced-price tickets.
Totally tuba
TubaSummer, an outgrowth of Akron's ever-popular community tradition TubaChristmas, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a free concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the University of Akron's Buchtel Common. Musicians from throughout the region will perform summer favorites on tuba, sousaphone, baritone and euphonium.
Alumni of the Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts' Steel Drum Band will kick off the evening with a performance from 6 to 7 p.m. The concert will be on the grass amphitheater adjacent to Guzzetta Hall, with the rain location inside the hall at 139 E. Buchtel Ave.
Audience members may bring picnics, blankets and lawn chairs. Free parking will be available in campus lots and decks.
Akron's TubaChristmas was founded by UA music professor Tucker Jolly in 1980. For more information on TubaSummer, call 330-972-8301.
Announcements
•The Bang and the Clatter theater is delaying this weekend's slated opening of John Kolvenbach's On an Average Day at its Akron location, 51 E. Market St. The tragicomedy exploring a relationship between two long-separated brothers will run Aug. 7 to 22. For more information, call 330-606-5317.
Arts writer Kerry Clawson may be reached at 330-996-3527 or at kclawson@thebeaconjournal.com.
What do Akron's abolitionist history and the music of the Beatles have in common?
The Akron Symphony Orchestra will make both come alive with new programming in its 2009-2010 season. A uniquely Akron-centric concert Oct. 17 at E.J. Thomas Hall will center on the world premiere of The Passion of John Brown, by Akron composer Jesse Ayers.
It's part of a series of local events commemorating the 150th anniversary of Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The piece will be paired with Kevin Puts' John Brown's Body, with both works narrated by Channel 5 news anchor Leon Bibb.
''The underlying theme of the season is passion. What we love about orchestral music is its power,'' said music director Christopher Wilkins. ''In the case of John Brown, the word 'passion' has a double meaning, since he saw his siege of Harpers Ferry as an act to bring salvation to a people.''
Rounding out the Oct. 17 program at E.J. Thomas Hall will be Beethoven's Eroica symphony, Hector Berlioz' Overture to Benvenuto Cellini and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.
The symphony orchestra's 58th season will include seven Classic Series concerts, three Pops performances, the popular Gospel Meets Symphony event and a spring concert by the Akron Symphony Chorus.
Other classic concerts at E.J. Thomas will include Verdi e Puccini, an evening of best-loved arias and choruses from the Italian masters, Nov. 14; the return of guest conductor Benjamin Zander of the Boston Philharmonic for Mahler's Symphony No. 9, March 20; and Carmina Burana, one of the world's most iconic choral works, performed May 1 by the orchestra, Akron Symphony Chorus, soloists and Akron Public Schools Children's Chorus under the direction of Hugh Ferguson Floyd.
The ASO's pop series will include Wizards, Vampires and Jedi Knights — Film Music Fantasies, Oct. 25, celebrating blockbuster fantasy film scores including Harry Potter, Star Wars and Twilight. In a unique event May 27, the symphony, in conjunction with Classic Albums Live, will reproduce live on stage every note of the Beatles' iconic album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The ever-popular Gospel Meets Symphony concert will return Jan. 30, featuring community soloists, a gospel chorus and the orchestra. See http://www.akronsymphony.org for a complete 2009-2010 season schedule and call 330-535-8131 for subscriptions.
Single ticket sales will begin Aug. 17. Deals will include 50 percent savings for new subscribers, as well as free tickets for children and students to the Pops and Family packages for new subscribers.
Joshua Bell to perform
This season it landed opera celebrity Renee Fleming; for next season, it's violin superstar Joshua Bell. That's the biggest news for Tuesday Musical Club's 2009-2010 season, which will host the Grammy Award-winning musician in concert Feb. 2.
Bell's the one who did a disheartening social experiment in 2007, playing in a Washington, D.C., subway station where only seven people stopped to listen to him among more than 1,000 passersby. It's a sad commentary on how few Americans actually stop to take in the beauty around them.
Luckily, Akron audiences will get the chance to do just that when Bell performs with pianist Jeremy Denk in February.
The 2009-2010 season will begin Sept. 15 with the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra and the Harlem String Quartet, two of the concert scene's most exciting young ensembles, along with guest violinist Elena Urioste.
Vocal ensemble Chanticleer, called an ''orchestra of voices,'' will perform Oct. 6, also conducting a three-day Akron residency that includes a workshop with area choral and church directors as well as a performance by the Chanticleer Youth Choral Festival.
The Cleveland Orchestra, led by David Robertson of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, will perform Nov. 15, featuring Grammy-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman as a guest soloist in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2.
Rounding out the season will be Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester Feb. 26, re-creating the decadence of pre-war Berlin with music from Kurt Weill to Marlene Dietrich; and pianist Jonathan Bliss performs April 20.
Season subscriptions start at $125 and can be purchased at http://www.tuesdaymusical.org or 330-972-2342. Single tickets go on sale Aug. 24; call 330-972-7570 or 800-745-3000. Students may attend concerts at no cost by reserving a voucher, and accompanying parents may purchase reduced-price tickets.
Totally tuba
TubaSummer, an outgrowth of Akron's ever-popular community tradition TubaChristmas, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a free concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the University of Akron's Buchtel Common. Musicians from throughout the region will perform summer favorites on tuba, sousaphone, baritone and euphonium.
Alumni of the Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts' Steel Drum Band will kick off the evening with a performance from 6 to 7 p.m. The concert will be on the grass amphitheater adjacent to Guzzetta Hall, with the rain location inside the hall at 139 E. Buchtel Ave.
Audience members may bring picnics, blankets and lawn chairs. Free parking will be available in campus lots and decks.
Akron's TubaChristmas was founded by UA music professor Tucker Jolly in 1980. For more information on TubaSummer, call 330-972-8301.
Announcements
•The Bang and the Clatter theater is delaying this weekend's slated opening of John Kolvenbach's On an Average Day at its Akron location, 51 E. Market St. The tragicomedy exploring a relationship between two long-separated brothers will run Aug. 7 to 22. For more information, call 330-606-5317.
Arts writer Kerry Clawson may be reached at 330-996-3527 or at kclawson@thebeaconjournal.com.
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