Elizabeth Pitcairn and Friends
Saturday, January 16, 2010 8:00 pm
A Benefit for the Luzerne Music Center Scholarship Fund
Silent Auction / Champagne 7 pm
Also Featuring:
Toby Blumenthal, piano
Cynthia Elise Tobey, piano
Jacob Braun, cello
Tony Wolf, MC
SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D Major, Op. 94a (1943)
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro in A Flat Major, Op. 70 (1849)
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 (1880-82)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Ballade No. 3 in A Flat major, Op. 47 (1840-41)
MAURICE RAVEL: Tzigane (1924)
ÁSTOR PIAZOLLA: Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
Will also feature LMC student and alumni performances and a premiere of the new LMC documentary from Summer 2009. Reception to follow!
Founded in 1980 by Bert Phillips and Toby Blumenthal, the Luzerne Music Center is a summer music camp and performing arts center in the Adirondacks where Philadelphia Orchestra members perform and teach. Students have been discovering the joy of music at LMC for over 30 years.
"Pitcairn played with a level of identification that suggested she wasn't performing so much as speaking through Corigliano's near-perfect balance of head and heart." David Patrick Stearns -The Philadelphia Inquirer (May 2009)
Artist Bios (Requires Adobe PDF Reader)
www.ElizabethPitcairn.com
www.LuzerneMusic.org
If you can't attend please Click Here to donate to the Luzerne Music Center!
Premium Patron Seating: $125 (includes free gift)
General Admission: $50
Students: $20 (Discounted tickets can be purchased at the box office or by phone at 212 501 3330).
EVENT ABBREVIATIONS:
AGRH = Ann Goodman Recital Hall,
KC = Kaufman Center,
LMS = Lucy Moses School
MCH = Merkin Concert Hall,
SMS = Special Music School,
YAP = Young Artist Program