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Orchestra to perform works of Mahler, Prokofiev, April 28-29
Posted April 20, 2006; 11:26 p.m.
The Princeton University Orchestra, under the direction of Michael
Pratt, will present the annual Stuart B. Mindlin Memorial Concerts at 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 28-29, in Richardson Auditorium,
Alexander Hall.
The final concerts of the year will offer perhaps the best known of the
nine symphonies of Gustav Mahler, the Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor,
and one of the most popular works in the solo violin repertory, Sergei
Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor.
"Mahler's Fifth Symphony is one of the great symphonic landmarks," said
Pratt. "It contains what is doubtless the best-known single movement by
Mahler, the incomparable Adagietto for strings and harp. The movement
received wide public exposure in the soundtrack of Luchino Visconti's
1971 film, 'Death in Venice.' The entire work brims with everything we
love about Maher's music -- tenderness, violence, despair, ecstasy."
The soloist in the Prokofiev concerto will be the co-winner of this
year's Concerto Competition, sophomore Steven Chen. Chen began his
violin studies at age 5 and made his solo debut with the La Palma
String Ensemble Orchestra in California at age 8. He has performed as a
soloist with the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra, the Olympia
Youth Orchestra and the Southwestern Youth Music Festival Orchestra. As
a winner of the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards, he performed
at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, and received a full
scholarship to attend the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado in 2004. At
Princeton, he plans to major in economics and is pursuing certificates
in finance and music performance.
Tickets are $18 for general admission, $15 for seniors and $5 for
students, and are available through the Richardson Auditorium box
office at (609) 258-5000 or online through University Ticketing.