Soweto Gospel ChoirVoices From Heaven Full Album 31

Soweto Gospel ChoirVoices From Heaven Full Album 31

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ums05/06 UMS SeasonUniversity of Michigan Ann ArborWelcome to UMS! I umsEach year when we put together our season of music, dance, and theater, we work hard to create meaning -meaning for you, our ticket buyers; meaning for us, as devotees to and promoters of the arts; meaning for performers, who connect their work with appreciative and receptive audiences; and meaning for this community, which prides itself on offering an innovative performing arts series that rivals that of most major metropolitan markets.As you'll note in the coming pages, the 0506 season weaves together a number of programmatic themes:Operas in Concert. Two of the greatest divas of our time are featured in concert performances of rarely-heard operatic repertory: Renee Fleming stars in Richard Strauss's Daphne, and Polish contralto Ewa Podles stars in Rossini's Tancredi.Shostakovich Centennial Festival. Dmitri Shostakovich was born in 1906, and during 2006, the Kirov Orchestra and Valery Gergiev will perform nearly all of Shostakovich's symphonies over five concerts. Two of those concerts take place in the 0506 season (the remainder will be in the fall of 2006). Numerous educational events will accompany the festival.Mozart 250. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th birthday is celebrated in seven concerts that include music he wrote, and music and dance that he inspired centuries later.Cultural Survey of Africa. As Americans, we often think of Africa as a place, instead of an umbrella for 54 different countries with diverse people and cultural expressions. Our five-concert festival surveys some of the performing arts traditions coming out of Africa, including artists from Senegal, Egypt, Mali, Guinea, South Africa, and Uganda.We believe that the events in our 0506 season represent some of the most important artists in the world today. We hope that you will take the time to absorb what the events are about, and how they might create meaning for you in the coming year. Perhaps you'll attend performances with friends to guarantee that you will spend time with the people you care about the most. Or maybe you'll come for more personal reasons, extracting the intrinsic value of each performance for your own enrichment and enjoyment.Whatever your reasons, we welcome you to UMS's 0506 season and hope that you too will be inspired by the activities that take place on our stages and throughout our community.05106 JMS SeasonSeptember16-17Fri-SatOctober1Sat5Wed8Sat13Thu18-22Tue-Sat29SatNovember3-6Thu-Sun5Sat6Sun13Sun19SatDecember3-4Sat-Sun8Thu10SatJanuary13-15Fri-Sun14Sat14Sat16Mon19Thu21Sat22SunMark Morris Dance GroupAn Evening with Sonny RollinsAndras Schiff pianoPat Metheny TrioRenee Fleming in Strauss's Daphne (concert opera)Tall HorseHandspring and Sogolon Puppet Companies The King's SingersCarlo Goldoni's Arlecchino, Servant of Two Masters Youssou N'Dour and The Egyptian Orchestra Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano Michigan Chamber Players ConcertanteHandel's MessiahChicago Symphony Orchestra and Marcus Roberts TrioDianne Reeves: Christmas Time is HereJose Limon Dance Company Jose Limon Dance Company Family Performance Leif Ove Andsnes piano Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Take 6Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique The Monteverdi ChoirTokyo String Quartet with Sabine Meyer clarinet Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis A Tribute to John Coltrane05106 UMS SeasonFebruary4 Sat10 Fri12 Sun15 Wed19 Sun22 Wed23 ThuLouis Lortie pianoMariachi Los Camperos de Nati CanoMichigan Chamber PlayersLouis Andriessen in Co"y bun bowe2 Wed Takac3 Thu PappTakacs Quartet with James Dunhai Pappa Tarahumara: Ship in a ViewMarch9 Thu Vienna Philharmonic with Riccardo Mu10 Fri Marc Bamuthi Joseph: Word Becomes I11 Sat Belcea Quartet and Ian Bostridge tenor 17-19 Fri-Sun Kirov Orchestra of St. Petersburg: Shos 23-24 Thu-Fri Children of Uganda25 Sat Ewa Podles in Rossini's Tancredi (conce30 Thu The Tallis Scholars31 Fri SF Jazz Collective: A Tribute to HerlApril2 Sun Los Angeles Guitar Quartet7 Fri Mory Kante15 Sat Arab World Music Summit19 Wed Nrityagram20 Thu Chanticleer21 Fri Nadja Salemo-SonnenbergAnne-Marie McDermott piano22 Sat Sweet Honey in the Rock13 SatFord Honors Program: Dave0506 Season Media PartnerSeason Opening EventMark Morris Dance GroupFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 8 PM Power Center SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 8 PM ? Power Center"Morris is the most important choreographer since George Balanchine." [Boston Globe) Once considered the bad boy of the modern dance world, Mark Morris is now an influential and celebrated choreographer whose once-controversial pieces have become the standard of creativity for a new generation of dancers, choreographers and critics. Morris has changed the way that audiences see modern dance, with unique artistry that reflects a profound and sophisticated love of music; The Washington Post observed, "Morris's ability to surmount musical difficulties that would flummox most anyone else is awe-inspiring." While the two programs are mostly different, the centerpiece of each is V, which The New York Times called "a life-affirming work...one of the few great works that modern dance has produced in a decade." The company of exuberant dancers lives up to its reputation of wit, grace, and a refined musicality that is further reinforced by Morris's use of live musicians in every performance.PROGRAM (FRI 916)My Party (Choreography: Mark Morris, Music: Jean Francaix) (1984)All Fours (Mark Morris, Bartok) (1993)Silhouettes (Mark Morris, Richard Cumming) (1999)V (Mark Morris, Robert Schumann) (2001)PROGRAM (SAT 917)The "Tamil Film Songs in Stereo" Pas de Deux (Mark Morris,contemporary Indian music) (1983) Mosaic and United (Mark Morris, Henry Cowell) (1993) Rock of Ages (Mark Morris, Schubert) (2004)V (Mark Morris, Robert Schumann) (2001)Main Floor Balcony$44 $40 $32 $26 $40 $36 $32 $20An Evening withSonny RollinsSATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumWhen Sonny Rollins picks up the tenor saxophone, the world listens. One of the few surviving icons from the golden era of jazz, Sonny Rollins is a titan of the tenor saxophone, whose groundbreaking solo flights prompted The Boston Globe to proclaim, "Any concert by Sonny Rollins stands as living history." Born in 1930, Rollins was already playing professional gigs as a high-schooler, jamming with the likes of Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. After a stint with Miles Davis, he became a bandleader in his own right in the 1950s, sharing the tenor sax throne with John Coltrane. Over the years, he has been influenced by the sounds of R&B, pop, and world music. But his allegiance to the hard-bop tradition has endured, and his performances reflect the idiom that he both mastered and helped define. Each performance illuminates why Sonny Rollins is, as the Village Voice noted, "the last jazz immortal."Main Floor $54 $48 $40 $28 Mezzanine $42$36$10 Balcony $32 $28 $18 $10Funded in part by NEA Jazz Masters on Tour programMedia Partners WEMU 89.1 FM and WDET 101.9 FM67Andras SchiffpianoWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8 PM ? Rackham AuditoriumThe great Hungarian pianist Andras Schiff came to international prominence with a gold medal at the 1974 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Over the next few years, he also took top honors at the Leeds and Liszt Competitions. Schiff's playing has been singled out for its complete technical fluency and intelligent musicality. He retums to UMS for his recital debut after appearing as soloist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra in 1998. Andras Schiff is "one of the least-flashy pianists in this business, yet also one of those with the most loyal and passionate following. Here was an astonishing demonstration of how to hold a capacity audience spellbound simply by applying the purest musicianship to the purest music." (London's Daily Telegraph)PROGRAMHaydnHaydnCapriccio in G Major, Hob. XVIhi (1765) Sonata No. 53 in e minor, Hob. XVI:34 (1781-82)Beethoven Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 311 (1801-02)HaydnAndante and Variations in f minor, Hob. XVII:6 (1793)Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 ("Waldstein") (1803-04)$42 $36 $28 $20Supported byAnn and Clayton WilhiteMedia Partner WGTE 91.3 FMPat Metheny TrioPat Metheny guitars ! Christian McBride bass Antonio Sanchez drumsSATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumWorking as a teenager with the best jazz musicians in his hometown of Kansas City, guitarist Pat Metheny received valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphonist Gary Burton, he demonstrated his trademark playing style, which blended a loose and flexible articulation with an advanced rhythmic and harmonic sensibility, a way of improvising that was modern in conception but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition of melody, swing, and the blues. With the release of his first album, Bright Size Life, in 1975, he reinvented the traditional "jazz guitar" sound for a new generation of players. Metheny retums to UMS with his trio, featuring bass sensation Christian McBride and the exciting Mexican-born drummer Antonio Sanchez.Main Floor $48 $42 $36 $22 Mezzanine $40$34$10 Balcony $28 $22 $18 $10Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM and WDET 101.9 FM10 11Opera in ConcertRenee Fleming in Richard Strauss's DaphneWDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Men of the WDR Radio Chorus Cologne Semyon Bychkov music director 6 conductorTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumCo-Sponsored byBORDERS.GroupMedia Partners WGTE91.3FM, Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, and Michigan Radio Michigan TelevisionThe concert opera -operas performed in a concert setting with limited theatrical stage effects -was a core part of UMS's programming for many years. Beginning in the late 1800s and continuing through the late 1930s, operas in concert were a mainstay of the UMS season, performed almost every year. By the middle of the 20th century, fully-staged touring operas replaced the concert opera. As costs increased, however, many opera companies eliminated touring, and opera has been a notable omission from the UMS season for the past several years.The inspiration behind the best-selling novel, Bel Canto, American soprano Renee Fleming is one of the major Straussian singers of our time. She is featured in Richard Strauss's ravishing, yet rarely-performed, 1937 opera, Daphne, in a concert version with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Fleming's vocal artistry is acclaimed worldwide as the gold standard of soprano sound. "It's hard to think of another important singer today who puts it all together with such creamy beauty of sound, such command of vocal color, such technical ease, such pleasure in her power to give such pleasure." [Chicago Tribune) With Johan Botha (Apollo), Anna Larsson (Gaia), Roberto Sacca (Leukippos), and Robert Holl (Peneios).Main Floor $70 $60 $50 $32 Mezzanine $56$46$10 Balcony $40 $32 $20 $1012 13Tall HorseHandspring and Sogolon Puppet CompaniesWritten by Khephra Bums I Puppet design by Yaya Coulibaly and Adrian KohlerDirected by Marthinus Basson I Choreography by Koffi KokoSponsored in part bySupported in part by Dody Viola and Loretta SkewesFunded in part by Heartland Arts Fund and U-M Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic AffairsMedia Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, Michigan Radio Michigan Television, and Metro TimesTUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 7:30 PM Power Center FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 8 PM Power Center SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 8 PM ? Power CenterWith 60 magnificent puppets, four live actors, captivating costumes, and evocative music, video, and dance, this thought-provoking pan-African theatrical spectacle combines the Bambara puppetry tradition of Mali with contemporary techniques from South Africa in a production that brims with innovation and ingenuity.Tall Horse re-imagines the true story of a giraffe that was captured in southern Sudan in 1826 for a 4,000-mile journey to Paris, where she was presented as a gift from the Viceroy of Egypt to King Charles X of France. After a long journey up the Nile and across the Mediterranean, the giraffe created a sensation that followed her across France. Thousands of people witnessed the solitary elegance of the exotic creature as she paraded across the country, and she may have inspired the creation of Gustave Eiffel's famous tower some 60 years later.Tall Horse is vibrant and evocative theater, drawing on complex political, social, and cultural implications. The production shows Africa's "discovery" of Europe as seen through the eyes of the giraffe's handler, Atir. "You have only yourself to blame if you miss one of the theatre events of the year." (South Africa)90 minutes, performed without intermission.Main Floor $48 $44 $24 $20 Balcony $44 $34 $24 $1614 15The King's SingersSATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumFor over 30 years, the King's Singers have delighted audiences around the world with their irrepressible charm, wit, and incomparable musicianship. This extraordinary ensemble creates the broad spectrum of colors through music and text to express the entire range of human emotion. Whether singing a 15th-century madrigal, a newly commissioned work, a folk song, or one of their trademark close-harmony arrangements, the King's Singers convey color and emotion in song. Their wide-ranging repertoire is reflected in their more than 70 recordings, which have won several Grammy nominations. The King's Singers are a real team, with impeccable blend, intonation, rhythm, ensemble, and texture. Their aim: to make sure that they and the audience have a great evening in the concert hall.Main Floor $38 $34 $30 $20 Mezzanine $30$26$10 Balcony $22 $20 $14 $1016 17Carlo Goldoni'sArlecchino,Servant of Two MastersPiccolo Teatro di Milano Directed by Giorgio Strehler Starring Ferruccio SoleriMedia Partner Michigan Radio Michigan TelevisionTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 8 PM Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 8 PM ? Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 8 PM Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2 PM ? Lydia Mendelssohn TheatreWith three weddings, two duels, a dance number, a chase sequence, a love scene, a food fight, and much more, Carlo Goldoni's 18th-century comedy about a wily servant who gets the best of his masters is one of the classic works of commedia dell'arte and the most renowned masterpiece of Italian theater. The plot is simple, and hilarious: the hapless and blundering Arlecchino is a natural, witty, and thoughtless character. His sly tricks and disguises set off a chain reaction of mistaken identities, betrayals, long-lost lovers, and, of course, a happy ending, with three couples of lovers finally getting married and living happily ever after. The late Giorgio Strehler, one of the seminal theater and opera directors of the 20th century, directed this universally-acclaimed production, considered the most important interpretation of commedia dell'arte in the 20th century. The production features the definitive commedia dell'arte actor Ferruccio Soleri, who virtually inhabits the role as he outwits the pompous, teases the fickle, and charms the childlike, reminding us all to take time to laugh. He has performed the role over 2,000 times since 1953. In Italian (Venetian dialect) with English supertitles.Main Floor $45 $35 Balcony $45 $3518 19Arab World Music Festival Event!Youssou N'Dour's EgyptFathy Salama's Cairo OrchestraSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 8 PM ? Hill AuditoriumFunded in part by U-M Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic AffairsMedia Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, Michigan Radio Michigan Television, Arab American News, and Metro TimesYoussou N'Dour is "a singer with a voice so extraordinary that the history of Africa seems locked inside it." [Rolling Stone) A longtime superstar in his native Senegal, N'Dour blazed onto the global stage in the 1980s thanks to high profile collaborations with Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel. A renowned singer, songwriter, and composer with millions of international fans, N'Dour mixes traditional Senegalese m'baax with eclectic influences ranging from Cuban samba to hip-hop, jazz, and soul. In Senegal, he is a powerful cultural icon who was named African Artist of the Century.This concert marks the debut tour of Egypt, his Grammy-winning 2004 recording that celebrates the spiritual joy and tolerance of his Sufi Muslim faith. Fathy Salama, whose early influences included Oum Kalthoum, Abdelwahab, and Farid el Attrash, weaves modern and traditional music together; the rhythms and melodies of Senegal drive hauntingly lush arrangements featuring Egyptian and Arab orchestral sound.N'Dour, who sought to explore the links between his homeland's religious beliefs and that of Muslims in Egypt and the Middle East, says, "Egypt praises the tolerance of my religion, which has been badly misused by a certain ideology...Our religion has nothing to do with the violence, with terrorism." This intensely personal and spiritual exploration is a stirring tribute to the power and beauty of Islamic music.Main Floor $42 $36 $30 $20 Mezzanine $34$30$10 Balcony $24 $20 $16 $1020 21Jean-Yves ThibaudetpianoSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 4 PM Hill Auditorium"Every note he fashions as a pearl..the joy, brilliance, and musicality of his performance could not be missed." (The New York Times) A master of color, nuance and interpretation, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is recognized for his sophisticated performances and poetic soul. Considered one of the great pianists of our time, with an international career in both the performance and recording arenas, he has been praised by the press as "a musical treasure of this age."PROGRAMSchumannSchumannRavelRavelArabesque in C for Piano, Op. 18 (1839) Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 (18341852) Valse nobles et sentimentales, Op. 61 (1911) Gaspard de la nuit, Op. 55 (1908)Main Floor $50 $44 $38 $22 Mezzanine $40$34$10 Balcony $28 $22 $18 $10Media Partners WGTE91.3FM, WDET 101.9 FM, and Observer & Eccentric Newspapers22 23ConcertanteSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 8 PM ? Rackham AuditoriumConcertante was founded by graduates of The Juilliard School who wished to pursue their musical collaboration beyond graduation. Their rich pool of artistic talent allows them to perform a wide array of repertoire that doesn't often find a place on chamber concerts, including Strauss's Sextet from Capriccio and Brahms's String Sextet. This concert also features the UMS premiere of Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Adams's Shaker Loops. One of Adams's earliest and most performed pieces, Shaker Loops uses fragments from his string quartet, Wavemalcer, in combining the pulsating repetitive patterns of Minimalism with variety and emotional range.PROGRAMR. Strauss Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85Adams Shaker Loops (1978)Brahms String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18 (1858-60)$36$30$24$1824 25Handel's MessiahUMS Choral Union Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Jerry Blackstone conductorSATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 8 PM ? Hill Auditorium SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2 PM ? Hill AuditoriumWhen UMS started presenting Messah concerts in 1879, it was a rarity. Today, Messah is the sacred sign of the season for almost every community, with a variety of stylistic choices from small Baroque renditions to all-gospel versions.Messiah was composed in only 21 days when Handel was 56 years old as part of a series of concerts that the composer was giving in Dublin to benefit various charities. The profits from that first concert in 1742 were distributed between two hospitals and a debtor's prison. Although the premiere was largely considered successful, the oratorio's popularity blossomed only after Handel's death and is now a favorite holiday tradition throughout the world.Don't miss the original Michigan Messiah in the opulent, refurbished Hill Auditorium, complete with large chorus, orchestra, and star soloists. This community collaboration with the Ann Arbor Symphony and conductor Jerry Blackstone is a true coming-together of all that is best about going to hear Messiah.Main Floor $30$26 $22 $14 Mezzanine $26$22$10 Balcony $18 $14 $12 $10Supported by Carl and Isabelle Brauer Fund26 27Chicago Symphony OrchestraRobert Spano conductor Marcus Roberts TrioSponsored byDTE Energy FoundationSupported by Catherine S. Arcure and Herbert E. Sloan Endowment FundMedia Partners WGTE 91.3 FM and Observer & Eccentric NewspapersTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8 PM ? Hill AuditoriumThe Chicago Symphony last appeared in Ann Arbor in September 1997 as part of a three-concert weekend residency that included both orchestral and chamber music performances. This 201st UMS performance by the venerable orchestra (the first was in 1892) features the Marcus Roberts Trio in a new twist on an old favorite. Roberts, the dazzling jazz pianist and former member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, delivers a performance of his own version of George Gershwin's beloved Rhapsody in Blue -and it's Rhapsody in Blue like you've never heard it before. Roberts's critically acclaimed 1996 recording, Portraits in Blue, explores and reinterprets the jazz elements in Gershwin's concert music. "Classical music has always had a huge impact on jazz musicians," says Roberts. "The basic goal of the Rhapsody in Blue project is to showcase the art of improvisation from the jazz musician's perspective within a semi-classical form." Robert Spano, the music director of the Atlanta Symphony, conducts.PROGRAMBernstein Symphonic Dances from West SideStory (1960)Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (1923)Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2 ("London") (1913)Main Floor $90 $80 $66 $40 Mezzanine $72$60$10 Balcony $56 $40 $26 $1028 29Christmas Time is HereDianne ReevesDianne Reeves vocals I Peter Martin piano Rueben Rogers bass Gregory Hutchinson drumsSATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumWith her strong, agile voice, rhythmic virtuosity, and improvisational ease, Dianne Reeves was clearly born of jazz. She retums to UMS following her inspired appearance in the Jazz Divas Summit during the Hill Auditorium Re-Opening Weekend. The only vocalist to have won Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings, she also serves as the Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a role in which she oversees all jazz programming and educational workshops at the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall. Her 2004 recording, Christmas Time is Here, was released to outstanding reviews, including the noted jazz critic Ben Ratliff, who called it "one of the best jazz Christmas CDs I've heard." [The New York Times) The title comes from the classic song from "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and this concert is a songbook of familiar seasonal tunes and holiday rarities. "Reeves is able to capture a universal spirit and open it up for all to enjoy," says Jim Santella, writing for allaboutjazz.com. Reeves and her quartet are sure to ring in the holiday season with style and pizzazz.Main Floor $48 $42 $36 $22 Mezzanine $40$34$10 Balcony $28 $22 $18 $10Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, and Michigan Chronicle Front Page30 31Jose Limon Dance CompanyLar Lubovitch artistic associateFRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 8 PM Power CenterSATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1 PM [one-hour family performance]SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2 PM Power CenterFunded in part by National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the ArtsThis presentation is part of UMS's decade-long survey of seminal modern dance companies, which has included the companies of Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Bill T. Jones, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Trisha Brown, and Alvin Ailey. The Jose Limon Dance Company balances classic Limon works with new commissions.Limon's choreography continues to bring a dramatic vision of dance to audiences around the world. The Limon technique underscores the body's natural rhythms of fall and recovery -the dynamic, unsettling interplay between weight and weightlessness. The company's dramatic expression, technical mastery, and expansive, yet nuanced movement illustrate the timelessness of Limon's work and vision.Lar Lubovitch's first exposure to dance was watching Jose Limon perform, and like Limon, he possesses a penchant for lush, resonant, full-bodied movement. Lubovitch created two works presented on these programs: his masterpiece Concerto Six Twenty-Two and The Chiaroscuro Project, which draws inspiration from artists and events that influenced Limon's collaborations with Mexican visual artists and composers in the 1950s.TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, INCLUDINGConcerto Six Twenty-Two (Choreography: Lar Lubovitch,Music: Mozart) (1986)The Chiaroscuro Project (Lar Lubovitch) (2005) The Moor's Pavane (Jose Limon, Henry Purcell) (1949) Psalm (Jose Limon, Jon Magnussen) (19672002) A Choreographic Offering (Jose Limon, J.S. Bach) (1964) Evening Songs (Jiri Kylian, Dvorak songs) (1997)Main Floor $40 $38 $28 $22 Balcony $38 $34 $28 $18 Family Performance $16 adults $8 children32 33Leif Ove Andsnes piano Norwegian Chamber OrchestraSATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 8 PM ? Hill AuditoriumSponsored by BANK ONEMedia Partners WGTE 91.3 FM and Observer & Eccentric NewspapersBorn in Norway in 1970, Leif Ove Andsnes has captivated the classical music world. In 1997, he was awarded the Gilmore Artist Award, a non-competitive prize given to a pianist deemed worthy of a global career. Andsnes makes his third UMS appearance (after solo tums with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic) in this concert celebrating Mozart's 250th birthday, conducting two of the composer's piano concertos from the piano. In The New York Times, Anthony Tommasini commented, "Exquisite...As usual, what most moves me about Mr. Andsnes is the self-effacing quality of his artistry. For all the sparkle, joy, and imagination of his playing, these are elegantly restrained performances. Each interpretive turn and pianistic detail is at the service of the music. The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra has always been a top-notch ensemble, but the players sound palpably inspired here."PROGRAM Beethoven Mozart MozartMozartString Quartet, Op. 135 (arr. by Terje Tonnesen) Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 449 (1784) Serenade in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleineNachtmusik" (1787) Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466 (1785)Main Floor $65 $60 $50 $30 Mezzanine $56$46$10 Balcony $40 $30 $18 $1034 35Take 6MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 7:30 PM Hill AuditoriumThis award-winning contemporary Christian sextet broke new ground in a cappella music, paving the way for the popular revival of R&B vocal groups. "Classic Black gospel quartet singing is really what Take 6 grew out of when we started back in the mid 1980s," says Cedric Dent, a founder of the group. While never losing their grounding in bedrock gospel, over the years Take 6 has built a signature sound that draws from gospel, jazz, doo-wop, R&B, 1960s soul, and hip-hop. Their ministering, urban contemporary, gospel groove is the final event of this season's Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day activities on the University of Michigan campus.Main Floor $30 $26 $22 $14 Mezzanine $26$22$10 Balcony $18 $14 $12 $10Co-presented with U-M Office of Academic Multicultural InitiativesMedia Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, Michigan Radio Michigan Television, Metro Times, Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, and Michigan Chronicle Front Page36 37Orchestre Revolutionnaireet Romantique The Monteverdi ChoirJohn Eliot Gardiner conductorTHURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumJohn Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique were part of UMS's Hill Auditorium Re-Opening Weekend in 2004 and delivered an astonishing performance of Mozart's Vespers. Joined by the Monteverdi Choir, the orchestra celebrates Mozart's 250th birthday with this performance featuring two other great Mozart choral works: the Mass in c minor, an unfinished work that may have been written in celebration of his marriage, and the Requiem, which was left unfinished by Mozart's death at the age of 35.PROGRAMMozart Requiem, K. 626 (1791)Mozart Mass in c minor, K. 427 ("The Great") (1782-83)Main Floor $65 $60 $50 $30 Mezzanine $56$46$10 Balcony $40 $30 $18 $10Sponsored byMedia Partners WGTE 91.3 FM and Observer & Eccentric Newspapers38 39Tokyo String Quartet Sabine Meyer clarinetSATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 8 pm Rackham AuditoriumJoined by Sabine Meyer, former solo clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Tokyo String Quartet retums for its first UMS performance since 1998 as part of the Mozart 250 series, highlighted by a performance of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet. Officially formed at The Juilliard School in 1969, the ensemble traces its origins to the Toho School of Music in Tokyo, where the founding members were profoundly influenced by Professor Hideo Saito. The ensemble now serves on the faculty of the Yale School of Music.PROGRAMHaydn Quartet in g minor, Op. 74, No. 3 ("The Rider") (1793-95) Dvorak Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 ("American") (1893) Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581 (1789)$42 $36 $28 $20Group40 41A Love Supreme: A Tribute to John ColtraneLincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Wynton Marsalis trumpetSUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 4 PM Hill AuditoriumLCJO presents the ensemble's new arrangement of John Coltrane's seminal jazz suite, A Love Supreme, originally recorded by the saxophonist at the end of 1964 and widely regarded as one of the most influential and revered recordings in the jazz pantheon. Marsalis and the LCJO adapt this immortal composition for the big band sound. "For years, jazz artists have shied away from A Love Supreme, treating it as somehow too iconic, too hallowed, or at least too uniquely tied to its composer to cover. Who would dare try to improve on the perfection the Coltrane quartet achieved on their legendary recording Wynton Marsalis, that's who. And it's a good thing." (allaboutjazz.com)Main Floor $48 $42 $36 $22 Mezzanine $40$34$10 Balcony $28 $22 $18 $10Co-Sponsored byKeyBank McDonald-Financial GroupVTT O-kSupported by Gilbert Omenn, Martha Darling, and David OmennMedia Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, and Michigan Chronicle Front Page42 43Louis LortiepianoSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumSponsored by WaiGroupCloet Fornall InternationalMedia Partners WGTE 91.3 FM and Observer & Eccentric NewspapersCanadian pianist Louis Lortie is "one of a half-dozen pianists worth dropping everything to hear," says London's Daily Telegraph. He made his UMS debut in January 2005 as soloist with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Lortie has made headlines twice for noteworthy last-minute substitutions: a year ago, he replaced Martha Argerich as soloist with the New York Philharmonic and then rushed across Central Park and performed a long-scheduled recital at the Metropolitan Museum the same evening. And several years ago, he stepped in on a moment's notice for Maurizio Pollini, performing a complete recital of Chopin with a fractured right knee in a brace from a skiing incident. This all-Chopin recital showcases Lortie at his very best. After a recital of Chopin's etudes in London, the Financial Times wrote, "Better Chopin playing than this is not to be heard, not anywhere." And BBC Music Magazine cited his recording of the same as one of "50 Recordings by Superlative Pianists."PROGRAM: COMPLETE ETUDES OF CHOPIN Twelve Etudes, Op. 10 (1829-32) Trois Nouvelles Etudes, Op. Posth. Twelve Etudes, Op. 25 (1832-36)Main Floor $50 $44 $38 $22 Mezzanine $40$34$10 Balcony $28 $22 $18 $1044 45Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati CanoNatividad "Nati" Cano artistic directorFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumMariachi goes beyond music: it is the sum of a cultural revolution expressed through a group of musicians in traditional clothing that encompasses the essence of Mexico and its people. The eleven-member Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano takes this musical folk tradition from the streets into the concert hall, where it can be rightfully appreciated as an art form of innate beauty and artistry. A traditionalist and a visionary, Natividad "Nati" Cano both mirrored and shaped the history of mariachi music, blending traditional rhythms with the more complex harmonies of American and Mexican popular music and raising the technical level of performance. Growing up in rural Mexico, he moved to Guadalajara and then Los Angeles, where he founded Los Camperos, the major driving force of the mariachi tradition and chiefly responsible for its surge in popularity in North America. To hear their richly operatic voices interwoven with the lush melodies of violins, the complex rhythms of guitar, vihuela (mariachi rhythm guitar), and harp, and the vivid brilliance of trumpets, is to experience mariachi at its best -a triumphant balance of contrasts that is distinctly Mexican, yet universal in its appeal.Main Floor $38 $34 $28 $16 Mezzanine $30$24$10 Balcony $20 $16 $14 $10Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM and Metro Times46 47Live Performance with the ComposerLouis Andriessen in ConcertU-M Symphony Band ! Cristina Zavalloni vocals I Andrea Rebaudengo piano Monica Germino violin Michael Haithcock conductorWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 7:30 PM Power CenterMedia Partners WGTE 91.3 FM and Metro TimesLouis Andriessen is one of the most distinctive and influential composers working today, intent on breaking down the barriers between "high" and "low" culture to fashion something gritty, powerful, and unique. His left-wing politics and anti-establishment stance have made him a hero to composers and musicians around the world, many of whom have flocked to his native Amsterdam to study. His music, propulsively energetic, draws on influences ranging from J.S. Bach and Igor Stravinsky to be-bop rhythms and jazz harmony. Andriessen is among the most eclectic of contemporary composers. Noted for his democratic and genre-bending approach to music, his style is distinctive for blending Minimalism with robust harmony and instrumental color. He is a maverick composer who defies categorization yet has had a dramatic impact and lasting influence on the music of our time. His regular collaborations with other artists include a series of dance projects and three partnerships with British filmmaker Peter Greenaway (including music for the film M is for Man, Music, Mozart, which will be featured on this program). Andriessen will be in residence at the University of Michigan during the 0506 season.PROGRAMAndriessen La Passione (2002)Andriessen M is for Man, Music, Mozart (1991)Main Floor $32 $30 $22 $16 Balcony $30 $26 $22 $1248 49BlessedSoweto Gospel ChoirDavid Mulovhedzi choirmasterSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 4 PM Hill AuditoriumSponsored byFunded in part by U-M Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic AffairsMedia Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, Metro Times, and Observer & Eccentric NewspapersThe Soweto Gospel Choir's "Voices from Heaven" tour included the ensemble's UMS debut in February 2005, and the number of requests for a return visit fortunately coincided with the ensemble's decision to tour "Blessed" this year -and with UMS's global series focus on the arts and culture of Africa. Formed in 2002 to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African gospel music, the Soweto Gospel Choir draws the best singers from churches in and around Soweto, the Black township outside Johannesburg. The ensemble immediately catapulted to the top ranks of gospel singing, winning the "Best Gospel Choir" designation at the American Gospel Awards only a year after its founding. This 25-voice choir is a bold, awe-inspiring ensemble that has strong roots in traditional music and celebrates the vitality of South Africa with its powerful spiritual message. "Hearing the full choir harmonize sounded less like a couple dozen people singing together and more like a pipe organ roaring to life." (Atlanta Journal)Main Floor $38 $34 $30 $20 Mezzanine $30$26$10 Balcony $22 $20 $14 $1050 51Takacs Quartet James Dunham violaWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 8 PM Rackham AuditoriumThis awesome foursome has become an Ann Arbor chamber music tradition, with unique programs that are probing, revealing, and constantly engaging. Their intellectual curiosity and passion are demonstrated through their performances, which in recent years have ranged from collaborations with Hungarian folk ensembles and poets to the complete Bartok String Quartet cycle. This year, the ensemble, with its new violist Geraldine Walther, presents a more traditional program, celebrating Mozart's 250th birthday with violist James Dunham in a performance of Mozart's Viola Quintet.PROGRAMMozart String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 (1785)Schubert String Quartet in a minor, Op. 29, No. 1, D. 804 (1824)Mozart Quintet in C Major, K. 515 (1787)$42 $36 $28 $20Sponsored by-EDWARDSUROVELL== REALTORSMedia Partner WGTE91.3FM52 53Ship in a ViewPappa TarahumaraHiroshi Koike artistic directorTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 8 PM ? Power CenterMedia Partner Metro TimesFounded by Hiroshi Koike in 1982, Pappa Tarahumara [pronounced pa-pa TAH-run-hoo-MAH-ruh, or, simply, Pappa T] presents a mesmerizing panorama of images and sound, inhabiting the world between theater and dance. Spectacular and poetic, their performances are characterized by an Asian sense of time and motion, with performers, stage objects, music, lighting, and costume woven together to create a total theater experience.Ship in a View is set in a seaside town in the 1960s, with the ship representing the link between the town and the world. While nostalgic scenes of small-town life are portrayed with poetic sentiment, man's inherent but unfulfilled desire to escape is symbolized by the ship's presence. The voyage is unforgettable.Named after the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico, who have chosen to live outside of modern Western culture, this Japanese ensemble captures the enduring wonder and indescribable beauty in all things. Yet Pappa Tarahumara productions try to liberate themselves from meaning, leaving audiences free to control their own imaginations.The presentation of Pappa Tarahumara is part of UMS's ongoing commitment to contemporary Japanese performance art. Over the past decade, UMS has introduced local audiences to several Japanese companies, including Sankai Juku, Dairakudakan, Akira Kasai, Kodo, and last season's production of The Elephant Vanishes.Performed without intermission.Main Floor $36 $32 $24 $20Balcony $32 $28 $24 $1654 55Special UMS EventVienna PhilharmonicRiccardo Muti conductorTHURSDAY, MARCH 9, 8 PM ? Hill AuditoriumSponsored bySupported by& Bank of ann arborAdditional support provided by Dennis and Ellie SerrasCorporate Hosts Ann Arbor News Sesi Lincoln MercuryVolvo Mazda Thomas B. McMullen Co. TIAA-CREF Tisch Investment AdvisoryIndividual HostsCarl and Charlene HersteinSusan McClanahan andBill Zimmerman Doug and Sharon RothwellRiccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic for its first Hill Auditorium concert since Leonard Bernstein conducted the ensemble in 1987. Widely considered the finest orchestra in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic retums to Ann Arbor for what is sure to be a historic performance marking the 50th anniversary of their Ann Arbor debut in 1956. The Vienna Philharmonic's legendary status stems from the fact that much of the standard repertoire of classical music -including music of Brahms, Liszt, Bruckner, Mahler, and Strauss, among others -was born and honed in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, their home since 1870. Muti, who was last in Ann Arbor in 1983 conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra at the 90th May Festival, served as musical director at La Scala for nearly 20 years. The Vienna Philharmonic has honored him with the Golden Ring, reserved for the greatest orchestra conductors of the world.PROGRAM R. Strauss MozartSchubertDeath and Transfiguration, Op. 24 (1890) Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major,K. 364(1770) Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944("Great") (1828)Main Floor $150 $100 $80 $40 Mezzanine $90$75$10 Balcony $56 $40 $26 $1056 57Word Becomes FleshMarc Bamuthi JosephFRIDAY, MARCH 10, 8 PM ? Power CenterMedia Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, Metro Times, and Michigan Chronicle Front PageAn artist of significant depth and range, Marc Bamuthi Joseph started as a 10-year-old understudy to Savion Glover for the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. As a teenager, he studied ballet and jazz dance, and also danced with the National Ballet Company of Senegal in West Africa. The Seattle Times called him "a cutting edge artist forging his own hybrid medium -an amalgam of rap music, poetry, movement, and theater." Especially well-known on the spoken word circuit, he makes his UMS debut with Word Becomes Flesh, a highly personal piece that is a series of performed letters to his unborn son using poetry, dance, live music, and visual art to document nine months of pregnancy from a young single father's perspective. Word Becomes Flesh showcases the unique crossroads of searing politics, theology, poetry, photography, and endless avenues of Black dance, including tap, modern, hip-hop, and West African dance. Joseph says, "I specifically wanted to do a piece about fatherhood because there's a horrible cycle in the Black community, in particular, of absent fathers...Unfortunately, our current social condition is such that a man might be ridiculed for walking out on a family, but is not socially condemned for it. While women continue to fight for their right to make choices about their bodies, the elements of patriarchy and male privilege give a man the social right to choose domestic absenteeism, refraining from offering either emotional or financial support."Main Floor $32 $30 $22 $16 Balcony $30 $26 $22 $1258 59Ian Bostridge tenor Belcea QuartetJulius Drake pianoSATURDAY, MARCH 11, 8 PM Lydia Mendelssohn TheatreNamed for its founding violinist, Corina Belcea (pronounced BELL-chuh), the Belcea Quartet is one of Europe's most visible young chamber ensembles, with a wide-ranging repertoire and a devotion to unusual projects. This concert, which is also part of Carnegie Hall's Perspectives series by Ian Bostridge, features a chamber music program that includes two song cycles for tenor plus string quartet, as well as a performance of one of Shostakovich's early quartets. The intimacy of Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre recreates the drawing room atmosphere for which many chamber music pieces were originally envisioned.PROGRAM FaureShostakovich Vaughan WilliamsMain Floor BalconyLa Bonne Chanson, Op. 61 (1892-94)String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 (1946)On Wenlock Edge (1909)$40 $30Co-Sponsored byBORDERS.CTOUpMedia Partner WGTE91.3FM60 61Shostakovich Centennial Festival Concerts 1 & 1Kirov Orchestra of St. PetersburgUMS Choral Union (Friday 317) Valery Gergiev conductorFRIDAY, MARCH 17, 8 PM Hill Auditorium SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 7:30 PM ? Hill AuditoriumThe Friday performance is sponsored byThe Sunday performance is supported by Maxine and Stuart Frankel FoundationMedia Partners WGTE91.3FM, WDET 101.9 FM and Observer & Eccentric NewspapersBorn in 1906 in St. Petersburg, Dmitri Shostakovich struggled to reconcile musical and political revolutions, developing a style that was progressive yet still accessible, marked by wide emotional extremes. His fifteen symphonies represent one of the 20th century's most important creative bodies of symphonic exploration. Beyond their artistry, they document much of the century (1924-71) in a way that both commemorates important moments in world history and reveals the inner struggles of an artist caught in the circumstances of his own time.Gergiev's interpretation of Shostakovich's overtly political Symphony No. 7 is expected to be one of the highlights of the entire Shostakovich Festival. Penned amidst the Nazi siege of Leningrad in 1941, the work was trumpeted by the Soviet state as a tribute to the heroism of Leningrad and the triumph of communism. In retrospect, many view this epic work as a harsh criticism of Stalin's brutal dictatorship.ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM (FRI 317)Symphony No. 1 in f minor, Op. 10 (1924-25)Symphony No. 2 in B Major, Op. 14 ("October Revolution") (1927)Symphony No. 10 in e minor, Op. 93 (1953)ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM (SUN 319) Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 (1945) Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 ("Leningrad") (1941)Main Floor $75 $67 $60 $36 Mezzanine $65$56$10 Balcony $46 $36 $24 $106263Children of UgandaTHURSDAY, MARCH 23, 7 PM ? Power Center FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 8 PM ? Power CenterSponsored in part byTOYOTAFunded in part by Heartland Arts Fund and U-M Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic AffairsThe Children of Uganda residency is presented with support fromCHA5E OMedia Partners WEMU 89.1 FM and Metro TimesChildren of Uganda's exhilarating program of East African music and dance features pulsing rhythms, quicksilver movements, powerful drums, lyric flutes, and songs of joy and hope. The 20 young performers (ages 8-18) live together in Kampala, Uganda and combine dance, song, music, storytelling, and costume on an unforgettable journey through the rich cultural traditions of Uganda. The dual crises of civil war and AIDS in Uganda pose a serious threat to the complete fabric of family and village life that previously nurtured and depended on a rich and varied oral culture. Originally founded to teach orphaned children traditional songs, dances, and stories, the Children of Uganda now represent the 1.7 million Ugandan children orphaned by AIDS and war. Their memorable UMS residencies in 2002 and 2004 have touched thousands of people through youth performances, church visits, and their Power Center performances.Please Note: The Thursday evening performance begins at 7 pm to allow families to attend.Main Floor $40 $38 $28 $20 Balcony $38 $34 $28 $1864 65Opera in ConcertEwa Podles' in Rossini's TancrediDetroit Symphony Orchestra Alberto Zedda conductor Ewa Podles contralto (Tancredi) Laurence Brownlee tenor (Argirio) Mariola Cantarero soprano (Amenaide)SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumSupported by Charles H. Gershenson Trust, Maurice Binkow, Trustee and Linda and Maurice BinkowMedia Partners WGTE91.3FM, Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, and Michigan Radio Michigan TelevisionBased on a play by Voltaire, Tancredi tells of the banished 11th-century knight who secretly retums to his homeland, only to discover that his king is now allied with his archenemy, and that he was unwittingly betrayed by his own lover, Amenaide. A showcase for Rossini's glorious music and extraordinary bel canto singing, this concert production stars contralto Ewa Podles in the title role. Podles, whose formidable vocal ability first attracted local notice when she stepped in for an ailing Cecilia Bartoli in March 1997, has since become a regular fixture in Ann Arbor, with recitals, solo appearances in Messiah, and a turn in Gluck's Orfeo since that momentous debut. She is joined by newcomers Mariola Cantarero and Laurence Brownlee, and by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, for this special concert performance that happens only in Ann Arbor. "There is one conspicuous reason for reviving Rossini's Tancredi in our time -the availability of the Polish contralto Ewa Podles..." (The Globe and Mai!)Main Floor $65 $60 $50 $30 Mezzanine $56$46$10 Balcony $40$30 $18 $1066 67Mozart's Roots: A Capjells Music in GermanyThe Tallis ScholarsTHURSDAY, MARCH 30, 8 PM St. Francis Catholic ChurchIn existence for over 30 years, The Tallis Scholars are without rival in the glorious sound world of Renaissance sacred music. Their beautifully blended choral sound calls to mind the magnificent stained glass windows of the mighty cathedrals of Europe. Under the tireless and inspirational direction of the Oxford-educated scholar, Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars examine the work of German and Swiss Renaissance composers to trace the development of a cappella polyphony and its influence on all German composers from the post-Renaissance period, from Bach through Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven to Bruckner and Brahms.PROGRAMPraetoriusMagnificat 1PraetoriusVidens dominusHasslerAd dominum cum tribularerPraetorius0 bone JesuAichingerSalve reginaPraetoriusMagnificat IISenflAve MariaSchutzDie mit Tranen saenSchutzSelig sind die TotenSchutzDeutsches MagnificatJ.S. BachKomm, Jesu, Komm$40 reserved $30 general admission68 69A Tribute to Herbie HancockSF Jazz CollectiveJoshua Redman artistic director and saxophone I Bobby Hutcherson vibraphone Nicholas Payton trumpet I Renee Rosnes piano 1 Miguel Zenon alto saxophone Plus additional artists to be announcedFRIDAY, MARCH 31, 8 PM ? Michigan TheaterFounded by Joshua Redman, artistic director of the SF Jazz Festival, the SF Jazz Collective is an all-star resident jazz ensemble comprised of incomparable artists representing many generations, styles, and cultures. The "west coast" response to the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the SF Jazz Collective explores the last 50 years of jazz repertoire through new compositions written by the band members and new arrangements of great works from modern jazz history. For this UMS debut, the Collective pays tribute to the genius of Herbie Hancock with performances of his works juxtaposed with new pieces composed by each of the eight individual Collective members. Through this innovative approach, the Collective shows that jazz is a living, ever-changing, and ever-relevant art form.Main Floor Balcony$40$36$26$18 $40$32$26$1870 71Los Angeles Guitar QuartetSUNDAY, APRIL 2, 4 PM Rackham AuditoriumPopularly known as the LAGQ, the four virtuosi of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet bring a new energy to the concert stage with their dynamic musical interplay. Their critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground. Brought together under the wing of the legendary Pepe Romero, the four members co-founded the group some 25 years ago while students at the University of Southern California. Although the LAGQ was originally modeled after the Romero Quartet in both style and repertory, they have since branched out and become their own ensemble, with eclectic, adventuresome, and accessible programs that remind many listeners of the Canadian Brass -equally adept at superb performances of traditional works and irresistible renditions of more light-hearted fare. Their latest recording, Guitar Heroes, won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album. "If there is a supergroup in the classical guitar world, the LAGQ is it." {Acoustic Guitar)$42 $36 $28 $2072 73Mory KanteFRIDAY, APRIL 7, 8 PM Michigan TheaterThe legendary West African singer and kora player Mory Kante comes from a long line of griots, a kind of poet, singer, historian, and journalist wrapped into one, whose role is to tell the stories of families and their native peoples through music. Along with Salif Keita, Kante was an early member of the seminal Rail Band of Bamako, Mali, joining as a singer when he was in his teens. He became the group's lead vocalist for a while, and in the 1980s became an international pop star, the first African superstar ever to sell a million albums. For this performance, with his ensemble of 11 singers and musicians, he retums to his ancestral roots and to the traditional sounds and rhythms of the Mande, an empire that existed in modern-day Guinea and Mali from the 13th to 15th centuries. His catchy dance music blends the traditional music of his culture with a Western pop beat.Funded in part by U-M Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic AffairsMain Floor Balcony$36$30$18$14 $36$26$18$14Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, and Metro Times74 75Music of the Levant [Syria, Lebanon, Palestine]Arab World Music SummitAbdullah Chhadeh and Nara qanun Rami Khalife piano I Trio Joubran oud trioSATURDAY, APRIL 15, 8 pm Hill AuditoriumCo-Sponsored byComerica, together with the Issa Foundation.Presented in partnership with Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS)Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM and Arab American NewsThis Arab World Music Summit highlights artists from the area that encompasses the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. A follow-up to last season's Arab World Music Festival, this Arab Music Summit features three emerging performers representing this region:Abdullah Chhadeh is the Arab world's most innovative qanun (an 81-string Arabic zither) player whose compositions speak of the people, places, and emotions that have shaped his journey from growing up in the Golan Heights and Damascus to his current home in the United Kingdom. A relentless musical adventurer, Chhadeh has, with his ensemble Nara, developed a sound that blends the unmistakably Arabic qanun with jazz double bass and Western percussion, as well as more traditional instruments.Lebanese pianist Rami Khalife, who appeared last year with his father, Marcel, is a classical pianist studying at The Juilliard School and has just released his debut recording. Khalife performs avant-garde jazz compositions and improvisations that weave languages from the classical, world, and Arabic music genres.Trio Joubran, comprised of three brothers, hails from the biblical city of Nazareth. Led by Samir Joubran, the trio of oud players reflects the musical heritage of their family, fusing classical and contemporary Arabic musical forms. Trio Joubran's music is arrestingly fresh, yet rooted in the Arab tradition.Main Floor $40 $36 $30 $16 Mezzanine $34$30$10 Balcony $20 $16 $14 $1076 77Sacred SpaceNrityagram Dance EnsembleSurupa Sen artistic directorWEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 8 PM ? Power CenterFunded in part by National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the ArtsMedia Partner Michigan Radio Michigan Television"I dream of building a place where nothing exists except dance. A place where you breathe, eat, sleep, dream, talk, imagine dance." (Protima Gauri, founder)The radiant Nrityagram Dance Ensemble operates as a "living archive" whose mission is to document, perform, preserve, and embellish the seven primary classical Indian dance forms. The all-female company lives in an artist commune in Bangalore, India, where they participate in intensive dance training and learn Indian literature, mythology, poetry, Sanskrit, music, philosophy, spiritual thought, and dance theory, as well as martial arts, yoga, and other disciplines to improve stances and energy levels. Their studies instill an understanding of the relationships between the arts and physical traditions, both from India and from other countries.Dressed in ornate costumes of flowing, colorful fabrics and silver jewelry, Nrityagram uses an elaborate movement vocabulary to tell stories based on ancient myths, folk tales, and love ballads, accompanied by live music. Their newest work, Sacred Space, explores the power of movement to create "sacred space" through the movement language of a 2,000-year-old Indian classical dance, Odissi. Originally performed in temples as a sacred ritual dedicated to the Gods, Odissi is a dance of love and passion, an everlasting synthesis of divinity and humanity. Sacred Space is marked by a sculpturesque sensuousness that transports viewers to enchanted worlds of magic and spirituality.Main Floor $36 $32 $24 $20 Balcony $32 $28 $24 $1678 79ChanticleerJoseph Jennings music directorTHURSDAY, APRIL 20, 8 PM St. Francis Catholic ChurchChanticleer has developed a remarkable reputation for its vivid interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz and from gospel to venturesome new music. With its seamless blend of 12 male voices, ranging from countertenor to bass, the ensemble is really an "orchestra of voices." Named for the "clear singing" rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, a book that one of the founding members happened to be reading when the group was formed and needed a name, Chanticleer has a long-standing commitment to developing the choral repertoire, leading the group to commission works from an ever-growing list of important composers. Chanticleer concerts are designed to appeal to audiences of all backgrounds and levels of music appreciation. The men of Chanticleer often speak to the audience from the stage, giving background and a personal touch to the glorious sounds they make. "These men are phenomenal..." {The New York Times)$40 reserved $30 general admission80 81Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg violin Anne-Marie McDermott pianoFRIDAY, APRIL 21, 8 pm Hill AuditoriumA master musician at the height of her powers, violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg makes her first UMS appearance in 15 years with her longtime friend, the pianist Anne-Marie McDermott. Celebrated as one of the most original and fearless artists on the concert stage today, Salerno-Sonnenberg is a maverick, renowned for her electrifying performances, passionate interpretations, and musical depth. An American citizen, Salerno-Sonnenberg was born in Rome and emigrated to the U.S. at the age of eight to study at the Curtis Institute of Music. McDermott, a luminous, boldly emotive pianist who conveys great sensitivity and spirituality through her playing, partners with Salerno-Sonnenberg in her first UMS appearance since her debut with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in 2000.PROGRAMIncludes works of Shostakovich and Richard StraussMain Floor $65 $60 $50 $30 Mezzanine $56$46$10 Balcony $40 $30 $18 $10Media Partners WGTE 91.3 FM and Observer & Eccentric Newspapers82 83Sweet Honey in the RockSATURDAY, APRIL 22, 8 PM Hill AuditoriumWith singular creativity and emotional depth, Sweet Honey in the Rock has performed for over 30 years, raising their powerful voices against injustice and for positive change. Rooted in a cultural history that spans slavery, the foundations of the Black church and the civil rights movement, this Grammy Award-winning ensemble of six African-American women imparts the essence of the African musical legacy in America. Through their a cappella song, which celebrates and integrates spirituals, hymns, gospel, blues, jazz, rap, and traditional West African songs, Sweet Honey in the Rock brings the world a unique form of music -steeped in storytelling, full of humor, and gracefully expressed in American Sign Language -that transcends all boundaries of race and place. Recipients of the 2004 UMS Distinguished Artist Award, the women who comprise Sweet Honey in the Rock are more than entertainers. They are artists dedicated to preserving and celebrating African-American culture and singing traditions. They are poets and activists who cannot remain silent on the most pressing contemporary issues.American Sign Language interpreted.Main Floor $46 $42 $36 $22 Mezzanine $40$34$10 Balcony $28 $22 $18 $1084 85Ford Honors ProgramDave BrubeckSATURDAY, MAY 13, 6 PM Hill AuditoriumMade possible byFord Motor Company FundThe University Musical Society honors jazz legend and composer Dave Brubeck with the 2005 UMS Distinguished Artist Award at the 11th Annual Ford Honors Program, a benefit that supports UMS's nationally-acclaimed arts education program. It has been said that Dave Brubeck is both a visionary and an exponent of his own era. An NEA Jazz Master, he has certainly achieved legendary status as a jazz musician and composer. Born in 1920, he very nearly sidestepped a career in music to continue his father's career as a cattle rancher. But the lure of music proved too strong, and he began playing professionally as a teenager in local dance bands. After a stint in the Army, where he served under General Patton, he formed a quartet whose daring improvisations caused a stir in the jazz world, launching what became known as "West Coast" or "cool" jazz. By 1954, his popularity was such that he was featured on the cover of Time Magazine. During the past 50 years, he has performed throughout the world as goodwill ambassador for the State Department, as well as for eight U.S. Presidents. The recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a member of several Jazz Halls of Fame, Brubeck has become a jazz icon who continues to challenge and excite new generations of jazz lovers. This career retrospective draws on community resources and his own playing to showcase the different influences and components of his life.Main Floor $60 $54 $48 $28 Mezzanine $48$42$10 Balcony $34 $28 $22 $1086 87UMS is grateful to the University of Michigan for its support of many educational activities scheduled in the 0506 season. These programs further a mutual commitment to providing opportunities for students and members of the University community to appreciate more fully the artists on the UMS series.UlVlSUMS is in partnership with the Ann Arbor Public Schools and the Washtenaw Immediate School District as part of the Kennedy Center: Partners in Education Program. UMS also participates in the Ann Arbor Public Schools "Partners in Excellence" program.Education Program SupportersFord Motor Company FundMichigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs University of MichiganArts at MichiganLinda and Maurice BinkowBorders Group, Inc.Chamber Music AmericaChaseDoris Duke Charitable FoundationDTE Energy FoundationDykema Gossett, PLLCHeartland Arts FundDr. Toni Hoover in memory ofDr. Isaac Thomas III JazzNet Endowment Masco Corporation National Dance Project of the New EnglandFoundation for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Office of the Senior Vice Provost forAcademic Affairs Pfizer Global Research and Development,Ann Arbor Laboratories ProQuest Company The Prudence and Amnon Rosenthal K-12Education Endowment Fund TCF Bank TIAA-CREFToyota Technical Center UMS Advisory Committee University of Michigan Credit Union Wallace FoundationUMS EducationUMS's Education and Audience Development Program deepens the relationship between audiences and art and raises awareness of the impact the multi-disciplinary performing arts and education have by enhancing the quality of life in our community. The program creates and presents the highest quality arts education experiences to a broad spectrum of community constituencies, proceeding in the spirit of partnership and collaboration.Details about all educational events and residency activities are posted on www.ums.org one month before the performance date. Join the UMS Email Club to have updated event information sent directly to you.UMS Community Education ProgramCall 734-647-6712 or email umsed@umich.eduPublic ProgramsUMS provides context and informs audiences about theartists, art forms, and cultures we present through a widevariety of educational opportunities, including:PREPs Pre-performance lecturesMeet the Artists post-performance Q&A with the artistsArtist Interviews public dialogues with performing artistsMaster Classes interactive workshopsPanels and Roundtable Discussions in-depth adulteducation related to a specific artist or art form Artists-in-Residence artists teach, create, and meet withcommunity groups, university units, and schoolsUMS Partnership ProgramUMS partners with over 100 university and community-based organizations annually. If you would like your organization to be more involved with the many different programs offered by UMS, please contact us.The NETWORK -African American Arts Advocacy CommitteeA regional advisory group dedicated to supporting African American audiences and art forms. See page 92 for more information.VIS Youth Education ProgramCall 734-615-0122 or email umsyouth@umich.eduUMS has one of the largest K-12 educationnatives in the State of Michigan. Designated ? Best Practice" program by ArtServe Michigan and the Dana Foundation, UMS is dedicated to naking world-class performance opportunities and professional development activities available to K-12 students and educators.0506 Youth Performance SeriesThese daytime performances serve pre-K through high school students. The 0506 season features presentations of Tall Horse, Marc Bamuthi Joseph's Word Becomes Flesh, Jose Limon Dance Company, Nrityagram, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Mory Kante, and the Children of Uganda. Tickets are $6, and each school receives free curriculum materials.Events on the 0506 Youth Performance Series are sponsored by the Prudence and Amnon Rosenthal K-12 Education Endowment Fund, Dr. Toni Hoover in memory of Dr. Isaac Thomas III, Pfizer, and Toyota Technical Center.Teacher Workshop SeriesUMS offers two types of professional development activities for K-12 Educators: Performing Arts Workshops and Kennedy Center Workshops. Both focus on teaching educators techniques for incorporating the arts into classroom instruction.The Kennedy Center Workshops are sponsored by Dykema Gossett, PLLCK-12 Arts Curriculum MaterialsUMS Educational materials are available on line at no charge to all educators. All materials are designed to connect the curriculum via the Michigan State Benchmarks and Standards.www.ums.orgeducationTeacher Advisory CommitteeThis group of regional educators, school administrators, and K-12 arts education advocates advises and assists UMS in determining K-12 programming, policy, and professional development.K-12 Teacher Appreciation Month!March 2006 is UMS Teacher Appreciation Month. K-12 teachers will be able to purchase tickets for 50 off at the venue on the night of the performance (subject to availability). Limit of two tickets per teacher per event. Teachers must present their official school ID when purchasing tickets. Seating is subject to availability and box office discretion. Check out the UMS website at www.ums.org for March events!School FundraisersGroup SalesRaise money for your school and support the arts. UMS offers a wide range of fundraising opportunities and discount programs for schools. It is one of the easiest and most rewarding ways to raise money.UMS TEENTEEN TicketTeens may purchase $10 tickets the day of the event at the Michigan League Ticket Office, subject to availability. Limit one ticket per valid student ID.Breakin' CurfewIn a special collaboration with the Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor's teen center, UMS presents this yearly performance highlighting the area's best teen performers. Details about this performance will be announced in Spring, 2006.88 89J Classical"KlDS Club ProtestJ V-I-JLVJ VJ1U.U COMPANY UMSssical Presentedb: tClassical Kids ClubThe Classical Kids Club is a new initiative by UMS to give parents the opportunity to introduce their children to world-renowned classical music artists. Designed to nurture and create the next generation of musicians and music lovers, the Classical Kids Club allows students in grades 1-12 to purchase tickets to all concerts on the UMS Choral Union Series at a significantly discounted rate. Eligible concerts include:Renee Fleming in Richard Strauss's DaphneJean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoChicago Symphony Orchestra with Marcus Roberts TrioLeif Ove Andsnes, pianoand Norwegian Chamber OrchestraOrchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantiqueand the Monteverdi ChoirLouis Lottie, pianoKirov Orchestra of St. Petersburg with Valery GergievKirov Orchestra of St. Petersburg with Valery GergievEwa Podles in Rossini's TancreciNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinand Anne-Marie McDermott, pianoHere's how it works:Membership is free. Parents or their kids must register in advance at www.ums.org or by calling the Ticket Office at 734-764-2538. Membership cards will be mailed for use throughout the 0506 season.Ninety minutes prior to any performance listed above, parents may purchase up to two children's tickets for $10 each with the purchase of each full-price adult ticket. Seating is subject to availability, and Classical Kids Club tickets may not be available in the case of a sellout. Parents may call the Ticket Office to check on availability of Classical Kids Club tickets. Classical Kids Club tickets will generally be available in the mezzanine and balcony of Hill Auditorium. Tickets will be available only at the Hill Auditorium Ticket Office, and children must be present when purchasing the tickets.Each child who attends at least four different events will receive a UMS Classical Kids Club t-shirt.ThuOct13SunNov 6ThuDec 8SatJan 14ThuJan 19SatFeb4FriMar 17SunMar 19SatMar 25FriApr 21 2b1af7f3a8