LexPhil and Project SEE Theatre bring dreams to life this May in Rach 3 and the Original American Dream!
At 7:30 pm, on May 10th at the Singletary Center for the Arts, LexPhil closes its season with Rach 3 & the Original American Dream. Featuring Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 performed by rising star, Han Chen, and Peter Boyer’s Ellis Island: The Dream of America, a multimedia collaboration with Project
SEE Theatre celebrating the historic American immigrant experience,
this is a concert that will delight in sight and sound!
To
extend our ‘thank you’ to your members, volunteers, and staff, use the
discount code PROJECTSEE for a 20% discount on the phone at 233-4226 or
online at lexphil.org.
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More on Ellis Island - Ellis Island: The Dream of America,
Peter Boyer’s most ambitious work to date, celebrates the historic
American immigrant experience and the American dream. The work brings
elements of the theatre and multimedia into the concert hall, employing
actors from Project SEE Theatre and projected historical images from the
Ellis Island archives. The spoken texts for the work come from the
Ellis Island Oral History Project, an historic collection of interviews
with actual immigrants about their experiences emigrating to America.
After extensive research in this archive, Boyer chose the stories of
seven immigrants who came to America through Ellis Island from disparate
nations between 1910-1940. The work concludes with a reading of the
Emma Lazarus poem The New Colossus (“Give me your tired, your
poor…”), providing an emotionally powerful ending to this celebration of
our nation of immigrants. Since its premiere in 2002, Ellis becoming
one of the most performed American orchestral works of the last decade.
The work has received over 130 live performances by nearly 60
orchestras.
More on Han Chen - Han Chen comes to LexPhil to take on Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3,
daunting to even the most experienced performers. Hailed by the NY
Times as a pianist with "a graceful touch... rhythmic precision....
(and) hypnotic charm,” Chen is a rising star whose accolades already
include top prizes from the Mozart Piano and Violin Works Competition,
the National Piano Competition in China, the International Russian Music
Piano Competition, and the Hong Kong International Piano Competition,
among others.
As a soloist, Chen has appeared with China Symphony
Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under Maestro Vladimir
Ashkenazy. This February, he made his solo debut in Alice Tully Hall
with the Juilliard Orchestra. Chen is now a junior at The Juilliard
School with Professor Yoheved Kaplinsky and studies composition with
Professor Philip Lasser. Chen replaces originally booked pianist,
Chu-Fang Huang. Due to unexpected
personal circumstances, Chu-Fang Huang will not be able to play
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Lexington Philharmonic.
Chu-Fang will be giving a recital on May 12 at First Presbyterian Church
of Lexington at 3PM.
For further information about SEE Theatre,
The Girl Project,
Woodford Theatre, Or
Kentucky Conservatory Theatre, please contact:
The Girl Project,
Woodford Theatre, Or
Kentucky Conservatory Theatre, please contact:
Ellie Clark
917-355-2033
Project SEE Theatre, Co-Founder
The Girl Project - Co-Director & Co-Founder
Woodford Theatre - Interim Education Director & Associate Producer
Kentucky Conservatory Theatre - Associate Director of Education & Training
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