COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYS
ITALIAN ACADEMY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
PRESENTS ITS
SPRING 2010 CONCERT SERIES:
THE GRAND TOUR ORCHESTRA
MARCH 10, APRIL 7, MAY 5
FREE ADMISSION
AT 8:00 PM
IN THE TEATRO OF THE ITALIAN ACADEMY
1161 AMSTERDAM AVENUE, NYC
Programs will feature the U.S. Premiere of Niccol Jommellis Lamentations for
Holy Wednesday (1750), and works by C.P.E. Bach, Galuppi, Leo, Locatelli,
Vivaldi, and Weber.
Musicians include mezzo-soprano Stephanie Houtzeel, alto Matthew Shaw,
harpsichordist Andrew Appel, and the Grand Tour Orchestras director flutist
Charles Brink.
New York, NY January 28, 2010 The Spring 2010 concert series at Columbia
Universitys Italian Academy for Advanced Studies will present the third season
at the Academy by the Grand Tour Orchestra, which was founded by Charles Brink
at the Italian Academy in 2006. The Orchestra is dedicated to music of the
Enlightenment (ca. 1750-1800). With the use of instruments and performance
practices befitting the era, the Orchestra presents the full spectrum of
late-18th century music.
Enthusiastic reviewers (from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out New
York, and ArtForum) keep praising the Italian Academys concerts for their
energetic young players and astute, textually varied readings done with
dedication and ample preparation.
Admission to the Spring 2010 concerts is free. Reservations can be made by
email to rw2115@columbia.edu. Italian
Academy is located at 1161 Amsterdam Avenue between 116th and 118th Streets.
The programs will be as follows:
March 10
Leonardo Leo - Concerto in G for flute, 2 violins and continuo
Pietro Locatelli - Trio in A for violin, 'cello and continuo
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Concerto in d minor for flute, strings and continuo
C. M. von Weber - Trio for flute, 'cello and piano
April 7
Niccolo Jommelli - Lamentations for Holy Wednesday (Rome,1750)
for two sopranos and orchestra
Stephanie Houtzeel, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Shaw, alto
May 5
Salve Reginas and concertos by Vivaldi and Galuppi
TBA - soprano
Music Director Charles Brink began his flute studies with Jacob Berg in his
native St. Louis. He received his Master's Degree at the New England
Conservatory in Boston, where he studied with Fenwick Smith. In 1993 Mr. Brink
was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Festival. In 1995 he was awarded a Fulbright
Grant to study with Wilbert Hazelzet and Rien de Reede at the Royal
Conservatory of Music in The Hague, Netherlands, where he earned certificates
in 1997. Since devoting himself solely to historical flutes in 1998, he has
toured and recorded with his own Bouts Ensemble, the Hannoverische Hofkapelle,
the Capella Leopoldina, and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Since 2001 Mr.
Brink has been a member of the Four Nations Ensemble (New York City) with whom
he has performed at many venues in the United States, among which are the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Great Performers series at Lincoln Center and
the Boston Early Music Festival. Mr. Brink has also served as principal flute
in the Churschsische Philharmonie (Saxony, Germany) which specialized in music
of the classical and romantic periods. In the summer of 2003 Charles Brink was
co-conductor of Ariodante by G. F. Hndel at the Opera da Camera Linz Festival
in Austria. His recordings can be heard on West German Radio, Middle German
Radio, Dutch Radio and Television, Austrian Radio and the EMI, Raumklang
(Germany) and Fuga Libera (Belgium) labels.
CONTACT:
Rick Whitaker
212 854 1623
rw2115@columbia.edu