KEYS TO THE FUTURE (FROM HAMMERS TO BYTES)

Premiere performance of new works commissioned by Lambert Orkis for solo piano by two prominent Philadelphia composers.

Sunday, April 14, 2002
8:00 pm
The Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia Pennsylvania

After several years in the process, Keys to the Future is finally coming to fruition.

On April 14, 2002, Lambert Orkis will present for the first time an exhilarating new program combining the powers of the acoustic piano and the Kurzweil synthesizer that will show the breath of artistic keyboard expression-past, present, and future.

Composers chosen for this project are Philadelphia based long-time Orkis musical associates, Richard Wernick and James Primosch, who offer generational continuity in musical excitement and integrity.

Comments by Lambert Orkis

Richard Wernick's Piano Sonata No. 2 was delivered to me in the summer of 2000 and is everything I had hoped it to be and more. It is a large work filled with beauty and originality. As has been my experience with his music, his new work is uncompromising in its demands on both the performer and the audience. I have found it to be challenging, stimulating, and also a lot of fun.

Sonata-Fantasia by James Primosch explores the extensive sonic possibilities of the electronic keyboard in combination with the rich fullness of the modern grand piano. Mr. Primosch has created a wonderful piece of music which, while being quite formidable for the performer who has twice as many keys to contend with as usual, should delight and enthrall the listener.

This concert is sponsored by The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and The Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.

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CONCERTS IN HANOI, PHNOM PENH

For the second time in two years, Lambert Orkis will perform in Hanoi, Vietnam. He has been invited back for an encore performance with violinist Julian Rachlin in a concert which will take place on Friday, May 24, 2002 at the Hanoi Opera House. The program will include a solo piano work by Mozart, Schubert's "Arpeggione" Sonata performed using viola and piano, and works by Schubert, Debussy, and Prokofiev for violin and piano.

Following this performance will be a benefit concert for the Cambodian Red Cross in Phnom Penh on May 26, 2002. The two artists will present a program of works by Schubert, Saint-Saëns, Kreisler, and Prokofiev.

"BEST AND BRIGHTEST"

The December 2001 issue of the Washingtonian magazine included portraits of 50 of the area's "Best and Brightest", people "…who are among the finest in the world at what they do."

Lambert Orkis was among those chosen to be profiled in this article. The segment is entitled "Edge-of-Your-Seat Music" and describes many of the qualities of his music making as well as the various aspects of his career.

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TRIO CONCERTS WITH
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER AND LYNN HARRELL

In February 2002, a tour of Germany and Switzerland was completed with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and cellist Lynn Harrell. Trios of Beethoven, Brahms, and Mendelssohn were performed to packed houses in Swiss cities Basel, Zurich, and Gstaad, and in Germany: Villingen-Schwenningen, Hamburg, Cologne, Regensburg, Mannheim, Berlin, and Neuwied which was a benefit concert to aid the Johanniter Psychiatric Clinic for Children.

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