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Vox Ama Deus 11-12 Brochure 9:Layout 1.Qxd VoxAmaDeus Valentin Radu, Artistic Director & Conductor Concert Season XXV Silver Anniversary 2011-2012 Ama Deus Ensemble Vox Renaissance Consort Camerata Ama Deus Camerata Consort from the Maestro by Valentin Radu, Artistic Director and Conductor Highlights of Silver Anniversary Concert Season XXV Anniversaries have always been both happy and emotional for me. And quite obviously, VoxAmaDeus turning 25 will be major for both categories! It has been an amazing journey – from that frosty December 5, 1987, at Daylesford Abbey, when 12 singers draped in rented Renaissance costumes made their debut performance under my baton – to the 100+ choristers, soloists and orchestra performing Fauré, Stravinsky & Gershwin at the Kimmel Center last Good Friday, April 22, 2011, as part of PIFA (Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts). Not to mention that the first concert season (’87-’88) consisted of three performances, all at Daylesford Abbey and all by one group (Vox Renaissance Consort), while next season will have 23 performances by four Vox groups (Vox Renaissance Consort, Ama Deus Ensemble, Camerata Ama Deus, plus the newest one, Camerata Consort) and “yours truly” on the keys! To start the season, we return to the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul and St. John Vianney Church (Angelus with Vox Renaissance Consort). Next, on October 14, the first of five magnificent concerts at the Kimmel Center roars off the runway with an all-Mozart program, including “yours truly” on the Steinway keys and baton, and Mozart’s final Requiem. In December we will present 3 performances each weekend, starting with the traditional Renaissance Noëls, then 5 glorious Messiahs (including a new location this year at Saint Paul’s in Chestnut Hill!), and also the Yuletide concert debut, at the Kimmel Center, of VoxAmaDeus’ newest group, Camerata Consort, a blend of two existing ensembles: Vox Renaissance Consort and Camerata Ama Deus (chamber orchestra)! An inventive merger - complete with period costumes, Baroque instruments and “live notes”! On January 6 at the Kimmel Center, New Year 2012 is welcomed with a specially commissioned concert, stepping outside of our traditional programming: an extraordinary all-Gershwin Gala, featuring the amazing, critically acclaimed British pianist Peter Donohoe, who will dazzle us in three of Gershwin’s most celebrated masterworks–including Rhapsody in Blue! And to close that unique and exceptional evening - and by popular demand - Kevin Deas and Julie-Ann Green will return as Porgy and Bess! Wow! The spring season features an array of amazing concerts! Camerata Ama Deus (on Baroque instruments) appears in two different programs: the March set will feature a variety of Baroque Masters and will include “yours truly” playing in two Handel organ concerti. The June set will be dedicated to Vivaldi, in a fireworks display of various solo, double and triple concerti (featuring violins, oboe and recorder). What a grand finale for an even grander Silver Anniversary Season! But wait! Before that grandiose Venetian end to the season, Ama Deus Ensemble will display plenty of firepower in two Kimmel Center performances: Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven’s 9th. Come and celebrate with us! The mission of VoxAmaDeus is to bring to life through performance and education the music of the 2 Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods. SILVER ANNIVERSARY VoxAmaDeus 2011-2012 Concert Season XXV Fall 2011 HANDEL’S MESSIAH* (p. 7) Spring 2012 ANGELUS** (p. 5) Ama Deus Ensemble BAROQUE MASTERS* (p. 10) Vox Renaissance Consort • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 at 7 PM Camerata Ama Deus • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 at 8 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia • FRIDAY, MARCH 2 at 8 PM Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 at 7 PM Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 at 5 PM Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown St. John Vianney Church, Gladwyne • SUNDAY, MARCH 4 at 6 PM • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 at 4 PM Daylesford Abbey, Paoli MOZART REQUIEM (p. 5) Daylesford Abbey, Paoli BACH BIRTHDAY GALA (p. 10) Ama Deus Ensemble • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 at 7 PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 at 8 PM St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill Maestro and Guests Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 at 4 PM SUNDAY, MARCH 18 at 5 PM St. Katharine of Siena Church, Wayne Gladwyne Presbyterian Church 10,000 PIPES (p. 6) Maestro at Longwood Gardens YULETIDE* (p. 8) VERDI REQUIEM (p. 11) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 at 1 PM Camerata Consort Ama Deus Ensemble (Camerata Ama Deus & Vox Renaissance Consort) GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 6 at 8 PM Holiday 2011 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 at 8 PM Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater RENAISSANCE NOËL** (p. 7) BEETHOVEN’S 9TH (p. 11) Vox Renaissance Consort Winter 2012 Ama Deus Ensemble • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 at 8 PM FRIDAY, MAY 11 at 8 PM Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 at 7&8 PM GERSHWIN GALA (p. 9) Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square Ama Deus Ensemble • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 at 4 PM VIVALDISSIMO* (p. 12) Bryn Mawr College – Thomas Great Hall FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 at 8 PM Camerata Ama Deus Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater • FRIDAY, JUNE 1 at 8 PM VoxAmaDeus Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill Box 203 Gladwyne, PA 19035 RENAISSANCE CANDLEMAS** (p. 9) • SUNDAY, JUNE 3 at 6 PM 610-688-2800 Fax 610-649-4012 Vox Renaissance Consort Bryn Mawr College – Thomas Great Hall [email protected] VoxAmaDeus.org • FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 at 8 PM Kimmel Center: Old St. Joseph’s Church, Philadelphia *Baroque Instrument Orchestra 215-893-1999 or KimmelCenter.org • SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 at 6 PM **Voices & Period Instruments Like us on Facebook! Daylesford Abbey, Paoli PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE 3 Vox Ama Deus Vox Renaissance Consort, founded by Maestro Radu in 1987, features Camerata Ama Deus chamber orchestra, founded in 2007, performs on professional singers with a small ensemble of period instruments in enchanting instruments appropriate for the Baroque or Classical period. Maestro Radu concerts of musical gems from the European High Renaissance. The Consort’s introduces each work on the program with unscripted “live notes”, and high-caliber singers perform in lush members of the orchestra High Renaissance attire, both are often invited to a capella and accompanied by demonstrate for the instruments. audience their unique period instruments. “A warm and communicative sound...” “...It’s nothing short of Alan Krizan, The New York Times perfect for a concert performed on period instruments such as those utilized by the Camerata Ama Deus.” Michael Caruso, Chestnut Hill Local Ama Deus Ensemble was founded in 1991. The group performs the “larger” works, both orchestral and vocal-symphonic. Often appearing in the Perelman Valentin Radu has led numerous orchestras and Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the ensemble offers vocal ensembles in Europe and the U.S. He is the repertoire which includes Baroque masterworks such as Handel’s Messiah; founder and conductor of Vox Renaissance Consort, Bach’s B Minor Mass; fully staged Baroque and Classical operas; the Ama Deus Ensemble, and Camerata Ama Deus. and choral and chamber orchestra gems by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Maestro Radu holds doctoral and master’s degrees from Beethoven, Brahms and Verdi. Ama Deus Ensemble concerts feature the Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree internationally renowned, from the Bucharest Academy of Music. professional vocal and/or In 1976 he founded and conducted Juvenes Musici chamber orchestra (under instrumental solo artists. The the auspices of the Bucharest Philharmonic). In 1980 he founded The Ama Deus Ensemble Juilliard Bach Players chamber orchestra and the Bach at Juilliard concert currently records exclusively series at New York’s Lincoln Center. Maestro Radu was awarded the Golden for VAD Classics. Earlier Apple by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1997 and the Romanian recordings on Sony Classic, Music Critics’ Association’s “Musician of the Year” prize in 1999. He was Polygram, Newport Classic, bestowed the title of Honorary Citizen of the City of Bucharest in 2003, and Helicon, Lyrichord and Vox Classics are also available. in 2005 was knighted by the President of his native Romania. “The orchestra played with style and passion, all under Radu’s demanding baton.” “Exhilarating...” Kyle Schonberg, The Washington Post 4 Michael Caruso, Chestnut Hill Local “First-rate vocalists...magical. The Vox concert was a jewel – a visit to Fall 2011 a court gala in Castle Somewhere.” ~ Tom Purdom, Broad Street Review ANGELUS MOZART REQUIEM Friday, September 16 at 8 PM Sunday, September 18 at 5 PM Friday, October 14 at 8 PM Cathedral Basilica of St. John Vianney Church Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater SS. Peter and Paul Gladwyne Philadelphia Logan Circle, Philadelphia Vox Renaissance Consort Ama Deus Ensemble Renaissance Masterworks for voices & instruments by Soloists: Valentin Radu (piano), Edward Schultz (flute), Monteverdi, Palestrina, Gabrieli, Purcell & Pachelbel Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano), Jody Kidwell (alto), Angelus–the sacred time of prayer at sunset...In sacred Kenneth Garner (tenor), Ed Bara (bass) spaces, glorious motets by Renaissance masters, Concerto for Flute in D K.314 combined with the visual effect of lushly attired, period- Concerto for Piano in A No. 23 K.488 costumed singers, either a capella or in dialogue with Requiem K.626 authentic period instruments, make for a transcendent experience that would make even angels rejoice! A Grand Opening of the Ama Deus Ensemble and the Running Time: 75 minutes – No intermission Kimmel Center-Friday night series, this exciting evening would make even Mozart jealous that he is not personally able to be part of it! In Vienna, he would play the Flute Concerto, sit down at the fortepiano and dazzle his noble audiences, and then step up on the podium and conduct his singers and orchestra to roaring applause.
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