The Adelphi Orchestra Presents BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY GALA In New York City

By: A.A. Cristi Apr. 05, 2018

The Adelphi Orchestra, now in its 64th season of Music for All, presents "Bohemian Rhapsody" under the baton of Principal Conductor Richard Owen on Sunday, May 13th at 7:00 PM, Good Shepherd Faith Presbyterian Church, NYC.

Bohemian Rhapsody features a diverse program presenting the critically acclaimed baritone Andrew Cummings in Mahler's Rückert-Lieder. Saint-Saëns's Introduction & Rondo capriccioso in A minor will be performed by 2015 Adelphi Orchestra Young Artist Competition winner, Nathan Meltzer, who in 2017 at age 16 became the youngest violinist to attain first place in the Windsor Festival String Competition.

The program opens with Dvo?ák's Carnival Overture and dramatically concludes with the beautiful Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64. All Proceeds go to the Young Artist Program.

And remember, when you attend our concerts during Mother's Day weekend every Mom in the audience who has RSVP will receive a Rose! You can also include your favorite "Mom" in our "Mother's Day Honor Roll" featured on our website and in our May Concert Program. Nathan Meltzer says, "Noting the date of the performance, Nathan wants to thank all the mothers planning to attend, not the least his own,"

Tickets

Eventbrite Sunday May 13 (VIP Reserved - $35 General Presale - $25 Students $10)

Or on AdelphiOrchestra.org

Bohemian Rhapsody

Good Faith Presbyterian Church, NYC

152 West 66th Street New York, NY 10023

Sunday, May 13, 2018, 7:00 p.m.

Andrew Cummings, baritone Nathan Meltzer,.violin

Tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bohemian-rhapsody-gala-tickets-39330854645

About Adelphi Orchestra

The Adelphi Orchestra is a professional, non-profit orchestra performing symphonic, chamber, operatic and dance concerts. For the past 14 years, the Adelphi Orchestra has sponsored a Young Artist Competition and Young Artist Concerts throughout the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area. The Adelphi Orchestra presents concerts with accomplished national and international guest soloists and distinguished conductors. For the past 3 years, the orchestra has been nominated by its peers for the Jersey Arts People's Choice Award in the Favorite Orchestra/Symphony Division. The Adelphi Orchestra is a member of the League of Orchestras and Opera America. It is northern New Jersey's longest continuously performing orchestra and a member of the New Jersey cultural community for 64 years.To learn more about the orchestra and its programs visit www.adelphiorchestra.org

Artists

Nathan Meltzer

Youngest ever to win the Windsor Festival International String Competition, seventeen-year-old Nathan Meltzer has played solo violin with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Adelphi, Bloomington, Charlotte Civic, and Muncie symphonies, among others, performing in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Israel, the UK, and across the US. This season Nathan plays with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellin, returns to the Adelphi Orchestra and the Evansville Philharmonic, performs with the Omega Ensemble and the Jupiter Symphony Players, makes a third appearance on NPR'sFrom the Top, and gives recitals in New York, London, and Ischia, Italy. Newly under general management with Hazard Chase, Nathan studies with Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin at Juilliard Pre-College, where he is a Starling scholar.

Andrew Cummings

Baritone Andrew Cummings is a compelling artist consistently praised for his rich, flexible baritone and heart-wrenching expressiveness, as well as his stage presence and dramatic intensity. He has been hailed by the Houston Chronicle for his 2013 role debut of Verdi's Macbeth with Opera in the Heights. 2013 also saw Mr. Cummings' South American debut in the role of Kurwenal in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra in Colombia; his Atlanta Opera debut in Puccini's Tosca as Sciarrone; and his reprise of the role of Germont in Puccini's La Traviata for which he first received acclaim in 2008. Andrew also reprised the roles of Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca, and the title role in Verdi's Rigoletto with Central Florida Lyric Opera in 2016.The past year has been a busy and exciting one for Mr. Cummings with several new role debuts, including Lescaut in Puccini's Manon Lescaut, title roles in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, and a musical theater / crossover debut of the title role in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd with the Pittsburgh Festival Opera. His 2016-17 concert season included Orff's Carmina Burana, Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and Ralph Vaughan-Williams' Five Mystical Songs among others. In 2018, Mr. Cummings will revisit Mendelssohn's Elijah.

Richard Owen

Conductor Richard Owen combines a career as a conductor, pianist, and organist. Owen is currently principal conductor of the Adelphi Orchestra, music director of Camerata NY Orchestra and St. Jean Baptiste Church. He was formerly on the conducting staff of the New York Philharmonic (cover conductor) as well as the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. This season, Mr. Owen conducted the Nutcracker with the Donetsk State Ballet and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the St. Jean Festival Chorus and Camerata NY. In prior seasons, Mr. Owen conducted the Little Opera Theater of New York, Rioult Dance, The Center for Contemporary Opera and Carmina Burana with the Montreal Symphony, conducting alongside Kent Nagano. Owen has conducted symphony orchestras in Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Rzeszow, Jacksonville, Monterrey, Belgrade as well as the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Europa Symphony, the Silesian Philharmonic, the Baltic Opera and the Pacific Symphony.

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Tickets

Eventbrite Sunday May 13 (VIP Reserved - $35 General Presale - $25 Students $10)

Or on AdelphiOrchestra.org

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Upcoming 2017-18 Concert Season

Adelphi Youth Artist Competition Finals Recital

National Opera Center of America: Marc A. Scorca Hall NYC

330 Seventh Avenue - New York, NY 10001

Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 12:00 PM

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adelphi-orchestra-2017-18-young-artist-competition-finals-recital-tickets-41372520322

Bohemian Rhapsody

River Dell Regional Middle School Auditorium

230 Woodland River Edge, NJ 07661

Friday, May 11, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Andrew Cummings, baritone

Tickets:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bohemian-rhapsody-tickets-37771316023

Bohemian Rhapsody Gala