The Palm Beach Symphony is presenting a pair of Chamber Music concerts at the Norton Museum of Art this season. The concerts are planned for 7 p.m. Jan. 31 and March 21, 2013. Guests are invited to visit the Museum’s galleries before the performances and during the 25-minute intermission. The Norton is located at 1451 South Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach. Tickets are $50 and include Museum admission the evening of the concert. Advance tickets are available by calling (561) 655-2657 or visiting www.palmbeachsymphony.org. Tickets will also be available the day of the concert at the Museum, beginning at 4 p.m.
The Jan. 31 program will be performed by a trio of principal players from the Palm Beach Symphony: Nadine Asin, Flute, Kay Kemper, Harp and Scott O’Donnell, Viola.
The performance will include Claude Debussy's "Sonate" for Flute, Viola and Harp, "Deux Préludes Romantiques" by Marcel Tournier, Camille Saint-Sæns "The Swan", from "Carnival of the Animals" and "Intermezzo Sinfonico" from Pietro Mascagni's opera "Cavalleria Rusticana". Three duos by Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Nino Rota and Heitor Villa-Lobos will be performed, as well.On the lighter side, the group plans to perform compositions by Cole Porter, Ned Washington & Bronislau Kaper, Francesco Sarori, and possibly even a tune from The Beatles.
The March program’s artists are pianists and Juilliard graduates Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe. They will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Papageno! (a short fantasy based on arias from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620),Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448, Allegro con spirit, Andante and Molto allegro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Franz Liszt’s Réminiscences de Don Juan (a fantasy on themes from Don Giovanni, K. 527). After an intermission, the second half of the program will include Radiohead’s “Paranoid Android” from OK Computer, Sergei Rachmaninoff “Vocalise,” Op. 34, No. 14, Astor Piazzolla’s Libertango and Georges Bizet’s Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos.
“Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe are one of the most exciting young duos performing today. Their high energy concerts are revolutionizing the classical world,” said Michael Finn, Executive Director of the Palm Beach Symphony. The duo has been described as "Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers transposed from the dance floor to the keyboard,” according to The Southampton Press.
About The Norton Museum of Art
Since its founding in 1941 by Chicago industrialist Ralph Norton, the Norton Museum of Art has evolved to become one of Florida's most significant cultural institutions. The Norton is recognized for its distinguished holdings in American, European, and Chinese art, and its collections of Photography, and Contemporary art. Its masterpieces of 19th century and 20th century European painting and sculpture include works by Brancusi, Gauguin, Matisse, and Picasso, and American works by Stuart Davis, Hopper, O'Keeffe, Pollock, and Sheeler. The Museum presents special exhibitions, lectures, tours, and programs for adults and children throughout the year.
About The Palm Beach Symphony
The mission of the Palm Beach Symphony Society is to engage, educate and entertain the greater community of the Palm Beaches through live performances of inspiring orchestral music. The Palm Beach Symphony was founded in 1974 in recognition of the need for a professional orchestra in Palm Beach. The Symphony performs in a variety of historically important venues on the island of Palm Beach, including the Bethesda-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church, the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Mar-a-Lago, The Society of the Four Arts, in addition to performing at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.
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