Conductor and violinist Itzhak Perlman returns to Atlanta to perform and conduct with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The program will feature Bach’s Concerto No, 1, Schubert’s Symphony No. 3, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 4. The concert will be held at Atlanta Symphony Hall on April 30 – May 2, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. and on May 3, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto No. 1 was one of many pieces composed during his years as Kappellmeister in Cothen, Germany. Many of his instrumental pieces were recognized for the expressiveness he used for the solo instrument. Throughout this concerto Bach creates harmonious balance throughout between the soloist and orchestra.
Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 3 was never performed publicly, but it is believed Schubert debuted the piece to his close friends in Vienna soon after its completion. The conversation between the solo clarinet and strings is accented throughout all four movements with syncopated rhythms, dramatic dynamic changes, and a flourishing finale.
Johannes Brahms’s had difficulty completing Symphony No. 4 because he felt a lot of pressure to be like his predecessor, Ludwig van Beethoven. However, between the summer months of 1884 and 1885, Brahms did complete his fourth and final Symphony. With four dramatic movements that can only be described as a perfect combination of Romantic zeal and classical form, Symphony No. 4 creates a colorfully musical and powerful experience from start to finish.
About the Artist
Itzhak Perlman is beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent. He is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to the irrepressible joy of making music, which he communicates. In December 2003 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts granted Mr. Perlman a Kennedy Center Honor celebrating his distinguished achievements and contributions to the cultural and educational life of our nation. He recently performed at the State Dinner for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, hosted by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush at the White House.
Born in Israel in 1945, Mr. Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. Following his studies at the Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay, Mr. Perlman won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964, which led to a burgeoning worldwide career. Since then, Itzhak Perlman has appeared with every major orchestra and in recitals and festivals around the world.
Mr. Perlman has entertained and enlightened millions of TV viewers of all ages on popular shows as diverse as The Late Show with David Letterman, Sesame Street, the PBS series The Frugal Gourmet, the Tonight show, the Grammy awards telecasts, and numerous Live From Lincoln Center broadcasts, including The Juilliard School: Celebrating 100 Years in April 2006, and PBS specials, including A Musical Toast and Mozart by the Masters, in which he served both as host and featured performer. In July 1994, Mr. Perlman hosted the U.S. broadcast of the Three Tenors, Encore! live from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
In March 2006, a worldwide audience in the hundreds of millions saw Mr. Perlman perform live on the 78th Annual Academy Awards telecast, as he performed a medley from the five film scores nominated in the category of Best Original Score. One of Mr. Perlman’s proudest achievements is his collaboration with film score composer John Williams in Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award winning film Schindler’s List, in which he performed the violin solos. He can also be heard as the violin soloist on the soundtrack of Zhang Yimou’s film Hero (music by Tan Dun) and Rob Marshall’s Memoirs of a Geisha (music by John Williams).
Itzhak Perlman’s recordings regularly appear on the best-seller charts and have garnered fifteen Grammy Awards. His latest Grammy was awarded for The American Album, with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His most recent releases include an all-Mozart recording with the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI) with Mr. Perlman performing as both soloist and conductor and a recording for Deutsche Grammophon with Mr. Perlman conducting the Israel Philharmonic.
Other recordings reveal Mr. Perlman’s devotion to education, including Concertos from my Childhood with the Juilliard Orchestra under Lawrence Foster (EMI) and Marita and her Heart’s Desire, composed and conducted by Bruce Adolphe (Telarc). Other recordings over the past decade have included a Grammy-nominated live recording with pianist Martha Argerich performing Beethoven and Franck Sonatas (EMI); Cinema Serenade featuring popular hits from movies with John Williams conducting (Sony);A la Carte, a recording of short violin pieces with orchestra (EMI) and In the Fiddler’s House, a celebration of Klezmer Music (EMI) that formed the basis of the PBS television special. In 2004, EMI released The Perlman Edition, a limited-edition 15-CD box set featuring many of his finest EMI recordings as well as newly compiled material and RCA Red Seal released a CD titled Perlman reDISCOVERED which includes material recorded in 1965 by a young Itzhak Perlman. -- www.atlantasymphony.org
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