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Oyster Bay Music Festival and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
July 2, 2021 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The Oyster Bay Music Festival and Planting Fields are proud to present members of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in a special concert, Friday, July 2nd at 6 pm. Experience Grammy-winning Wynton Marsalis’ composition reinterpreting Stravinsky’s classic, The Soldier’s Tale. Marsalis weaves a harrowing story of an aspiring musician who sells her music to the devil – a record company – in an age-old tale of temptation. The jazz-inspired 7-piece chamber orchestra retells the legendary parable once again with narration. Featuring Danyon Davis, narrator, Laura Frautschi, violin, Donald Palma, double bass, Alan Kay, clarinet, Frank Morelli, bassoon, Carl Albach, trumpet, Weston Sprott, trombone, and Javier Diaz, percussion.
As a prequel, or rather, a headliner, to this extraordinary concert, gifted young artists from the Oyster Bay Music Festival, will introduce the theme of temptation with a few short works as concert appetizers. Featured OBMF performers will include flutist Matthew Ross, pianist Maxim Lando, and a group of gifted conservatory trained singers. Alumnus Matthew Ross is currently a member of the Grammy Award winning Albany Symphony Orchestra. 10 year OBMF returnee Maxim Lando, received world wide recognition when in 2017 he went on tour with Lang Lang playing Gershwin’s Rhapsody and Blue. He is winner of the 2020 Gilmore Young Artist Award and the prestigious Young Artists Competition, and has gained international acclaim as a concert pianist.
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About Orpheus Chamber Orchestra The Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has recorded over 70 albums on all major classical labels, toured to 46 countries across four continents, and collaborated with hundreds of world-class soloists. Orpheus’ 34 member musicians work together as a collective and rotate leadership roles for all works performed, giving flight to unconventional interpretations. An essential part of New York City’s cultural landscape, Orpheus presents annual series at Carnegie Hall. Orpheus tours to major international venues and has appeared regularly in Japan for 30 years; recent engagements include the Prague Spring and Dresden Music Festivals and a 12-concert tour of Asia. The orchestra’s extensive discography includes a February 2019 release on Deutsche Grammophon of Mendelssohn concertos with pianist Jan Lisiecki. Champions of chamber orchestra repertoire, Orpheus has commissioned and premiered over 50 new works.
This event is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council.
