January 12,
2005
Halifax - Although it would be nice, it is not
usually possible to have a full orchestra play at a party, special
event or wedding ceremony. When we are lucky enough to have live
music at these types of events in Atlantic Canada, it is often The
Rhapsody Quintet entertaining. Since the mid-eighties, The Rhapsody
Quintet has become a popular chamber music ensemble playing live
concerts, private engagements, schools, corporate events and royal
dinners throughout the Maritimes and Ontario. On Friday, January 21,
at 8pm they are bringing an evening of enchantment to the Rebecca
Cohn Auditorium with Symphony Nova Scotia under the baton of guest
conductor Daniel Warren.
"We are very excited to play this concert with our colleagues,
friends and closest fans in our hometown. The last show gave us so
much inspiration and energy and the support was overwhelming,"
said Shimon Walt, Rhapsody's cellist. The Rhapsody Quintet also
features Anne Rapson (violin), Walt, Catherine Loftin (double
bass), John Rapson (clarinet) and Diana Torbert (piano).
These musicians are all important members of Nova Scotia's local
music community as music professors, teachers, recording artists,
regular players with Symphony Nova Scotia, and soloists.
The Quintet's last concert with Symphony Nova Scotia in early 2003
left the audience on their feet and critics raving. The Chronicle
Herald's music critic, Stephen Pedersen, described the Rhapsody
Quintet as "smooth as creamed honey" and said that they
accurately evoked the era the music was targeted for, "1910 to
the Wall Street Crash." In 2003, the group also accepted the
honour of performing to a standing ovation in Ottawa as part of the
National Arts Centre's Atlantic Scene Festival.
Friday night's concert comes on the tails of their newest CD
Rhapsody in Red, released in early December at Province House.
Rhapsody in Red is aptly named as it was recorded in the House's
historic Red Chamber featuring the recently acquired and restored
vintage 1910 Pleyel piano.
The concert is sponsored by The Globe and Mail and the Greater
Halifax Partnership. Tickets are available by calling the Cohn Box
Office at 902-494-3820 or visiting
www.symphonynovascotia.ca.
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Media Contact
Wendy Walters, Publicity and Marketing Coordinator
Symphony Nova Scotia
p. 902-421-1300 x.226
f. 902-422-1209
wwalters@symns.cohn.dal.ca
www.symphonynovascotia.ca
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