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Follow on Google News | Passionate Poetry Joins Virtuosic ViolaBoston theatre favorite Leigh Barrett joins program for New England String Ensembles Winter Concert
By: New England String Ensemble The Winter Concerts take place at 7:30pm on Saturday, January 6th at the Rogers Center for the Arts in North Andover, and 3:00pm on Sunday, January 7th at New England Conservatory’ The concert program begins with music from Lully’s opulent ballet Le Triomphe de l’Amour; a piece radical for it’s time as it was the first appearance of professional female dancers in a public performance. Following the Lully is local composer Jakov Jakoulov’s robust Concerto for Viola featuring Michael Zaretsky. Michael Zaretsky performed with the Moscow Philharmonic String Quartet and the Jerusalem Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra before being brought to Tanglewood in 1974 by Leonard Bernstein, where he successfully auditioned for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. As well as being a 33-year member of the BSO Mr. Zaretsky regularly makes solo appearances and has performed with the Boston Pops, Rhode Island Philharmonic and the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra to name a few. In addition to the traditional viola repertoire he performs regularly, and his four highly acclaimed recordings, Mr. Zaretsky has created and performed an extensive repertoire of new music, some in collaboration with composer Jakov Jakoulov. Following intermission NESE will perform the romantically inspired Liebeslieder Waltzes accompanied by Leigh Barrett who will entice audience members with her vivacious reading of G.F. Daumer’s poems to Brahms’ lush musical settings, which, according to Steven Ledbetter, are “both light-hearted in spirit and passionate, with gypsy-laden Magyar strains. With credits that include opera and musical theatre, Leigh Barrett’s voice has graced stages across the United States. Ms. Barrett is the 2004 Elliot Norton Award Winner for Outstanding Actress and I.R.N.E. Award winner for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Jacques Brel , Sweeney Todd, Follies, and The Three Penny Opera. She is also the winner of an I.R.N.E. Award for Best Actress for her work in Into The Woods(New Rep) and Pal Joey(Stoneham Theatre). The Boston Globe has said “Leigh Barrett always finds the emotional center of a song and the result for the audience is never anything less than exhilaration.” Concluding this rich program is Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtumusik. This is the first time New England String Ensemble’s h perform this piece since its miraculous inaugural concert in 1994 when neither a torrential downpour nor the gradual lost of power into complete darkness could diminish the orchestra’s spirit or level of performance. Tickets for the 2007 NESE Winter Concert are $45, $35, and $25, Students $10 off and are available on-line at www.newenglandstringensemble.com, or by calling 781-224-1117. Group discounts are available. “Conversation with Cortese” 45-minutes prior to concert start Lully: Le Triomphe de l’Amour Jakoulov: Concerto for Viola Michael Zaretsky, viola Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik NESE North Concert Saturday, January 6, 2007 7:30pm Rogers Center for the Arts, North Andover NESE Boston Concert Sunday, January 7, 2007 3:00pm Jordan Hall, NEC, Boston Website: www.newenglandstringensemble.org End
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