Ritz Chamber Players 2007/08

WHERE: All concerts in Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Downtown, 300 West Water Street / Jacksonville, Florida

WHEN: All concerts start at 7:30 p.m.

TICKETS: may be purchased online through the links below or through the Jacksonville Symphony Box Office at 904 . 354 . 5547

In Remembrance of the Dream

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Martin Luther King, Jr., Humanitarian Award and Concert
The Honorable Corrine Brown Honoree, Representative of the Third Congressional District of Florida
 
The 6th Annual “In Remembrance of the Dream” Humanitarian Award will be presented to The Honorable Corrine Brown, Representative of the Third Congressional District of Florida. You are cordially invited to a magical evening to celebrate the modern day heroes in the African-American community, meet Pulitzer Prize nominee and Ritz Chamber Players' 2007-2008 Composer-in-Residence Dr. David Baker, and enjoy his brilliant chamber masterpieces at Jacoby Symphony Hall!
 
RAVEL Chansons Madécasses for Soprano, Flute, Cello and Piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 67
BORNE/BIZET Carmen Fantasie for Flute and Piano
BAKER Someone is sending me flowers
HAYDN Trio No. 3 for Flute, Violin and Cello
SPIRITUAL He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand
 

 
rcp artists: Alison Buchanan – Soprano; Tai Murray – Violin; Kenneth Law – Cello; Kevin Sharpe – Piano and Judy Dines – Flute

Spring Concert

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Vigor and enthusiasm! These are the words that sum up a concert that includes the “folk-inflected” Clarinet Quintet of Afro-British Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who was unquestionably a hero to American audiences. Coleridge-Taylor made several visits to America to encourage African-American musicians and was the invited guest of President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House after a performance in 1904. This not-to-be-missed program opens with the original version of Lyric for Strings, by 1996 Pulitzer Prize winning African-American composer George Walker.
 
WALKER Lyric for Strings
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Quintet for Clarinet
ARENSKY Quartet No. 2 for Violin, Viola and Two Cellos in A minor, Op. 35
BRAHMS Sextet No. 1
 

 
rcp artists: Diane Monroe, Tai Murray – Violins; Amadi Hummings, Chancy Patterson – Violas; Kenneth Law, Troy Stuart – Cellos and Terrance Patterson – Clarinet

Season Finale Saturday

Saturday, June 14, 2008

The Ritz Chamber Players bring a dynamite close to our 2007-2008 concert season with the greatest of American harpists, Anne Hobson-Pilot!  We will all dance our way into summer with our performance of Debussy's Danse sacrée for Harp and Strings. The harp is among the most ancient of instruments, whose existence is documented as far back as 3,000 B.C.!  Make plans to join the preeminent artists of The Ritz Chamber Players performing wide-ranging selections with astounding artistic combinations.
 
J.S. BACH Sonata for Flute and Piano in B minor, BWV 1030
BAKER Summer Memories for String Quartet
DEBUSSY Danse sacrée et Danse profane for Harp and Strings
MOZART Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K. 299
 

 
rcp artists: Anne Hobson-Pilot – Harp; Demarre McGill – Flute; Kelly Hall-Tompkins and Kelly Lombard – Violins; Amadi Hummings – Viola; Tahirah Whittington – Cello and Kevin Sharpe – Piano