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2008-2009 CANDLER CONCERT SERIES AND EVENTS
Highlights include Atlanta Opera Collaboration and New York Philharmonic

Emory University’s Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series for 2008-2009 features an array of internationally-renowned guest artists and orchestras from the Guarneri String Quartet to the Warsaw Philharmonic. This season includes a unique collaboration in January 2009 with the Atlanta Opera, a concert-staged presentation of Philip Glass’ opera, “Akhnaten.” The opera is presented as part of an array of arts and culture programs at Emory and in the Atlanta region throughout fall 2008 and winter 2009 that tie to the exhibition “Tutankhamun: The Golden King & the Great Pharaohs” being presented by Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum beginning in November 2008.

Subscribers enjoy discounts of 25-30% off single ticket when purchasing a four, five or six concert series subscription. Subscribers are also eligible to purchase single tickets (as available) for the Emory College special presentation of the New York Philharmonic with conductor Lorin Maazel, which will be presented in February 2009. Subscriptions can be purchased now by calling 404-727-5050, going online to www.arts.emory.edu or by visiting the box office in the Schwartz Center (Mon. – Fri., 10 a.m.–6 p.m.). Single tickets for all Emory arts events go on sale to the public Sept. 5, 2008. A special pre-sale for the Emory community and members of Emory’s Circle of Friends of Creativity and Arts is Sept. 3, 2008. Friends memberships may also be purchased by phone or online. The series schedule, prices and some preliminary program information (subject to change) follows.

*Below indicates Emory Coca-Cola Artists in Residence.

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet*
Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, 8 p.m.
Single ticket price: $48 public; $36 discount category members; $5 Emory students
Public subscriber prices: $33.60 (with a 6-concert series); $36 (with a 4- or 5-concert series)
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (John Dearman, Matthew Greif, William Kanegiser, Scott Tennant) will present popular standards as well as exciting world and contemporary works. Recognized as one of America’s premier instrumental ensembles, the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is one of the most charismatic groups performing today. Popularly known as the LAGQ, these four virtuosi bring a new energy to the concert stage with their eclectic programs and dynamic musical interplay.

Lynn Harrell, cello*
Sat., Oct. 25, 2008, 8 p.m.
Single ticket price: $48 public; $36 discount category members; $5 Emory students
Public subscriber prices: $33.60 (with a 6-concert series); $36 (with a 4- or 5-concert series)
A consummate soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, conductor and teacher, Lynn Harrell's work in America, Europe and Asia has placed him in the highest echelon of today's performing artists. A frequent guest of many of the leading orchestras, in recent seasons Harrell has performed with the Boston and Chicago symphonies, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas Symphony (whom he guest conducted), the St. Louis Symphony at Royal Festival Hall, the London Philharmonic with Kurt Masur conducting and the Israel Philharmonic with Franz Welser-Möst conducting.

Warsaw Philharmonic, Antoni Wit, conductor, and Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Fri., Nov. 7, 2008, 8 p.m.
Single ticket price: $80 public; $60 discount category members; $10 Emory students
Public subscriber prices: $56 (with a 6-concert series); $60 (with a 4- or 5-concert series)
Poland’s national orchestra was established in 1901. Its 110 musicians perform 80 concerts annually and are considered one of the world’s greatest orchestras. The orchestra is joined by Valentina Lisitsa, who is recognized in glowing reviews as “a gigantic talent,” by the Baltimore Sun and “jaw-dropping” by the Chicago Sun-Times. The program includes Liszt’s “Piano Concert no. 1, E-flat major” and Brahms’ “Symphony no. 2, op. 73, D major.”

Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten,”with the Atlanta Opera
Fri., Jan. 23, 2009, 8 p.m. & Sun., Jan. 25, 2009, 5 p.m.
Single ticket price: $76 public; $57 discount category members; $10 Emory students
Public subscriber prices: $53.20 (with a 6-concert series); $57 (with a 4- or 5-concert series)
Arthur Fagen, conductor; Richard Kagey, director; John Gaston (Akhnaten), Mary Ann McCormick (Nefertiti), Brent Davis (Horemhab). This concert- staged performance is the Atlanta premiere of Glass’ mesmerizing historical drama about the Egyptian pharaoh who overthrew the old order.

SPECIAL EVENT (a non-subscription event; pre-sale to subscribers only)
Emory College Presents an Evening with the New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel, conductor
Sat., Feb. 21, 2009, 8 p.m.
A limited number of balcony and choral balcony tickets are can be sold to subscribers (first-come, first-served). $80. No discounts.
In his final season as the New York Philharmonic’s Music Director, Lorin Maazel leads a powerful and dramatic performance of Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9”; Schumann’s “Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120”; and Tchaikovsky’s “Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55.”

Guarneri String Quartet
Tues., March 3, 2009, 8 p.m.
Single ticket price: $52 public; $39 discount category; $5 Emory students
Public subscriber prices: $36.40 (with a 6-concert series); $39 (with a 4- or 5-concert series)
Don’t miss this renowned quartet’s final Atlanta concert before they retire from a stellar 45-year career. The renowned Guarneri String Quartet "is among the most revered and enduring ensembles of its kind in the world" (National Public Radio) and has circled the globe countless times since it was formed in 1964, playing in the most prestigious halls in North and South America, Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Guarneri String Quartet (Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley, violins; Michael Tree, viola; Peter Wiley, cello) has announced its retirement at the completion of the 2008-09 season making this ensemble performance their last in Atlanta.

Lionheart* with the Vega String Quartet
Fri., March 20, 2009, 8 pm. (Pre-concert lecture with composer Phil Kline, 7 p.m.)
Single ticket price: $48 public; $36 discount category members; $5 Emory students
Public subscriber prices: $33.60 (with a 6-concert series); $36 (with a 4- or 5-concert series)
The Vega String Quartet, Emory’s Quartet in Residence, performs the world premiere of Richard Prior’s string quartet “Three Essays” and then joins vocal sextet Lionheart for Phil Kline’s “John the Revelator.” This emotional and mysterious work combines aspects of a traditional mass such as “Gloria” and “Kyrie” with a variety of innovative elements, including text from the Old Testament, American poet David Shapiro and Samuel Beckett’s monologue, “The Unnamable.”

ARTS AT EMORY
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