Dallas Chamber Symphony Announces 2013-2014 Season

DALLAS - Aug. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- The Dallas Chamber Symphony has officially announced details of its 2013-2014 season. A subscription series of four unique programs and the Second Annual DCS International Piano Competition in March, promise to bring a rich variety of musical experiences to North Texas audiences at the City Performance Hall. The DCS continues its popular film score concerts, commissioning soundtracks to four feature films, and celebrates Benjamin Britten’s centennial year with a performance of his Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. Other program highlights include the rarely perform Distant Runes and Incantations by Joseph Schwantner, a solo debut performance by the DCS’s new concertmaster, Kazuhiro Takagi, and Saint-Saens’ wildly popular, Carnival of the Animals, complete with dancers.

In addition to its regular concert season, the DCS is expanding its educational offerings by forging partnerships with local schools to provide technology-based curricula and interactive orchestral programming for students. Details about these new programs, as well as a new concert initiative in April are to be announced later this season.

Tickets are on sale now at https://www.dallaschambersymphony.org. New this year is the option to purchase discounted subscription packages.  Attendees can choose between the Pick 2 Plan – two concerts for $48; the Pick 3 Plan – three concerts for $66; and the Season Pass of four concerts for $76. Single tickets to each performance may also be purchased for $19-44.

 

The Dallas Chamber Symphony’s 2013-14 Concert Season includes the following events:

 

Concert #1 – “Please Welcome Kazuhiro Takagi” – September 17th, 2013 at 8pm

Arvo Pärt: Cantus In Memory of Benjamin Britten

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concert in D Minor, Kazuhiro Takagi, concertmaster & soloist

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

 

For the debut concert of our 2013-14 season the Dallas Chamber Symphony would like to introduce our new concertmaster and welcome him back to North Texas.  Kazuhiro Takagi most recently served as the Concertmaster for the Tokyo Symphony and is a graduate of Southern Methodist University. For his DCS debut, Takagi will perform on Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in D Minor. The orchestra also performs Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings and Arvo Pärt’s powerful Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten.

 

Concert #2 – “The Comedic Three” – November 19, 2013 at 8pm

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concert No. 3

Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Three Original Film Scores: performed live to film, presenting three selected classic comedies by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd

 

Join us as we celebrate composer Benjamin Britten’s centennial year with a performance of his beautiful Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. The Dallas Chamber Symphony will perform live to film, featuring a trilogy of classic comedies starring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.

 

Concert #3 – “Sherlock Jr.” – February 25, 2014 at 8pm

              Joseph Schwantner: Distant Runes and Incantations

               Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals (with dancers)

Original Film Score: performed live to film, featuring Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. (1924)

 

Featuring Saint-Saëns’ popular Carnival of the Animals – complete with dancers – and Joseph Schwantner’s Distant Runes & Incantations, this concert may be our most innovative of the season. The evening concludes with a captivating live-to-film performance of the classic comedy, Sherlock Jr., starring Buster Keaton.

 

Concert #4 – “Season Finale” – April 29, 2014 at 8pm

The 2013-14 season comes to a close as the Dallas Chamber Symphony offers brilliant performances of works by Beethoven and R. Schumann. Be sure to attend this grand finale, as there are likely to be a few surprises along the way.

 

ABOUT DALLAS CHAMBER SYMPHONY

Launched in September 2012, the Dallas Chamber Symphony is the newest professional performance ensemble in North Texas. Led by Artistic Director and Conductor Richard McKay, it is comprised of close to 40 musicians, all dedicated to building a chamber orchestra whose mission is to perform a balance of programs that include underrepresented and standard repertory, contemporary music, staged works, and pieces with extra-musical elements, such as film, actors, dancers, and narrators. The DCS performs at the state-of-the-art Dallas City Performance Hall in the Dallas Arts District. The DCS also provides educational and community programming, including an International Piano Competition at SMU, a free App for Apple devices in the App Store, and free pre-concert conversations. For more information, visit https://www.DallasChamberSymphony.org.