Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Bloomingdale resident Amy Beth Horman plays Prokofiev's First Concerto on Sunday, 06-08-2014

See this message from Bloomingdale resident Amy Beth Horman of Horman Violin Studio:



Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 20:14:02 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Amy Beth Horman Plays Prokofiev's First Concerto on June 8th
From: hormanviolinstudio@gmail.com

Please see the message below about a concert I am performing soon as soloist with the Symphony of the Potomac. I have the distinct privilege of presenting the Prokofiev Concerto No. 1 which is a truly stunning work written for violin and orchestra.  This will be my sixth appearance with the Symphony and I hope you can be there to enjoy this marvelous program with us.  

The link to the orchestra website where you can receive further information is http://www.symphonypotomac.org/index.php

All best,
Amy Beth




Symphony of the Potomac

Joel Lazar, Music Director
 

"Russian Rhapsodies"

We present our final concert of the 2013-14 season on Sunday, June 8, with works by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky.

Our June concert brings back Amy Beth Horman in her sixth appearance with us. Among Washington’s most celebrated violinists, she will bring her elegant virtuosity to Prokofiev’s remarkable early concerto, with its unique mixture of sardonic wit and soaring lyricism. She has appeared with many orchestras including the Fairfax Symphony, the Bay Atlantic Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Meudon, the Northwest Indiana Symphony, the Amadeus Orchestra, the PanAmerican Symphony                                                     and the New Mexico Symphony. Other engagements in the metropolitan area include recitals at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater and on its Millennium Stage, Constitution Hall and at the Strathmore Hall for the Performing Arts. She has been featured on French-Swiss television and on                                                     American cable television and radio broadcasts.

Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) began writing his first violin concerto in 1915 as a concertino for violin.  Put aside for an opera based on Dostoevsky’s The Gambler, it was completed in 1917 in its present form. The political upheavals of the time, and Prokofiev’s travels led to postponement of a first performance until October 18, 1923, in Paris, home of many Russian expatriates.

While the outside movements begin and end lyrically, their central sections are more agitated and virtuosic in character; the second movement is a non-stop dash for both soloist and orchestra, with many frequent, challenging radical changes of texture and mood. Hints of the over-the-top style of Prokofiev’s other works from the World War I years emerge briefly, prominent among these the unexpected crude horn and tuba interjections in the second and third movements and the ripe, passionate buildup which precedes the tranquil coda to the finale.

Our performance takes place at the 500-seat concert hall in the beautiful and acoustically designed Cultural Arts Center in downtown Silver Spring.



Symphony of the Potomac
Led by critically acclaimed Music Director Joel Lazar, the eighty accomplished musicians of the orchestra come from diverse professional and educational backgrounds and present symphonic music for audiences in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Photo - SOTP                                                        on stage
                                               
          Sergei Prokofiev
                                               
          Amy Beth Horman

Russian Rhapsodies
Sunday, Jun. 8, 3:00 pm

Rachmaninoff:
     Caprice bohèmien 

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
     Amy Beth Horman, violin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
     Pathétique

Cultural Arts Center,
Montgomery College

7995 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD


Tickets
Tickets are $20 at the door ($17 for seniors) and $15 online (plus a small service charge). Tickets for all students as well as ages 18 and under, and faculty at Montgomery College, are $5.


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Amy Beth Horman
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