“Born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Lucia Lin made her debut at age eleven, performing the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Chicago Symphony and went on to be a prize winner of numerous competitions, including the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Described as a soloist with “virtuosity and insight” who is “passionate and graceful” (Indianapolis Star), and whose playing has “a genuine fresh quality not often heard” (Cincinnati Enquirer), Ms. Lin has performed on the international stage, including appearances with orchestras in Europe as well as a solo recital at Carnegie Hall.
At the age of 22, she won a position in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to become acting concertmaster with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and subsequently spent two years as Concertmaster with the London Symphony Orchestra, where she was leader for numerous tours, including to Japan, Italy, Scotland, and Spain.
A return to the U.S. in 1995 brought her back to the Boston Symphony. She also founded the Boston Trio and then became a member of the Muir String Quartet in 1998.
Lucia teaches applied violin, chamber music, and orchestral studies as Professor of Music at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. In the summers she participates in a mentorship program at the Tanglewood Music Center as well as an intensive quartet program at Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
As an accomplished dancer, she collaborated with the dance company Snappy Dance Theater in the world premiere of “String Beings”, an innovative piece integrating music with dance and technology. The work was performed at the Wimberley Theater in Boston where Ms. Lin “proved to be as fearless and fine a dancer as musician.”
Ms. Lin has recorded for many labels including a recent recording with the Muir String Quartet performing works of Kreisler, Berg and Schulhof. And most recently collaborated with harpist, Ann Hobson Pilot and bandoneon player, J.P. Jofre, featuring the works of Astor Piazzolla.”
Heidi Dallin reminds us to mark down these upcoming dates and special performances announced for Cape Ann Symphony’s beautiful 72nd Season, “A Season of Exploration”:
Oct. 1 – THE FRENCH SPECTACULAR
Performance: Sunday, October 1, 2023: 2:00 PM: Manchester-Essex High School, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
Cape Ann Symphony kicks off the 72nd season with a musical trip to France featuring CAS premieres of Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin printemps; Debussy’s Nocturnes with a special appearance from the New World Chorale; and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite. The concert finale is Ravel’s popular and thrilling Bolero.
nov. – THE HOLIDAY POPS CONCERT
Performances:
Saturday, November 25, 2023: 2:00 PM Dolan Performing Arts Center, Ipswich High School. Ipswich,MA
Saturday, November 25, 2023: 7:30 PM Manchester-Essex High School, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
Sunday, November 26, 2023: 2:00 PM Manchester-Essex High School, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
TheHoliday Pops Concert, Cape Ann Symphony’s joyful holiday tradition, features a program of holiday favorites and welcomes back guest artist gospel sensation Renese King. King last appeared with CAS in 2012.
Ms. King’s array of musical talents have taken her from spiritual and gospel singing at the church podium to timpani playing on the Carnegie Hall stage. She has toured internationally as a percussionist, pianist, and vocalist with a number of Massachusetts based choral and orchestral ensembles. But it is her soulful and unforgettably moving voice that has piqued her national reputation.
March 2024 – KNOWN (AND UNKNOWN) GREATS
Performance: Sunday, March 17, 2024: 2:00 PM Manchester-Essex High School, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
Cape Ann Symphony welcomes back world renown pianist Janice Weber to play Beethoven’s show stopping Emperor Piano Concerto . The concert program also includes the CAS premieres of esteemed composers: Louise Farrenc and William Grant Still. The orchestra will play Farrenc’s OvertureNo .1 and Still’s Woodnotes.
May 2024 – THE THREE B’S:BEETHOVEN, BIZET AND BRAHMS
Performance: Sunday, May 19, 2024: 2:00 PM Manchester-Essex High School, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
BSO violinist and a favorite CAS guest artist Lucia Lin returns for The Three B’s:Beethoven, Bizet and Brahms to play Brahms’ monumental Violin Concerto. The orchestra plays Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Bizet’s Symphony in C.
Janice Weber photo by Liz LenderLucia Lin Yoichi UdagawaRenese King
Read more about Cape Ann Symphony’s 72nd season: A SEASON OF EXPLORATION
Cape Ann Symphony proudly announces the launch of the orchestra’s 72nd concert season on Sunday, October 1 at 2:00 PM at Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium. “After a terrific summer Pops Concert playing for thousands in Stage Fort Park , we are so thrilled to be back on stage for our 72nd season!” says Cape Ann Symphony Board President Fran White. “This season of exploration is especially exciting for our audiences and our orchestra. We will be playing pieces that CAS has never played over the orchestra’s 71 seasons and we celebrate three amazingly talented and world-renowned guest artists: pianist Janice Weber, gospel vocal sensation Renese King and BSO violinist Lucia Lin. You will want to hear every note this season! I highly recommend getting your season subscription NOW so you will not miss a concert !”
Cape Ann Symphony Music Director and Conductor Yoichi Udagawa is eager to open the CAS 72nd Season, “The musicians of the Cape Ann Symphony and I are very excited about the upcoming season. We are starting off with a French Spectacular featuring the works of Lili Boulanger, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. The New World Chorale will be joining us in the Debussy Nocturnes, and the concert will close with Ravel’s ever popular and exciting Bolero. Holiday Pops will feature all the favorites of the season, and this year we have a special guest – Gospel Sensation Renese King. In March, pianist Janice Weber will be playing Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto and in May, audience favorite violinist Lucia Lin will return to play the Brahms Violin Concerto. ”
This Season of Exploration features a season of firsts for Maestro Udagawa and the orchestra. “Our season opening French Spectacular Concert includes three pieces that we have never performed: Lili Boulanger’sD’unmatin printemps; Debussy’s Nocturnes and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite.Our March concert: Known (and Unknown) Greats includes two composers making their CAS debut Louise Farrenc and William Grant Still. We have played Still’s music in Musicians Unleashed, our popular chamber series, but never with a full orchestra! On a personal note, this season is especially exciting, I will be conducting Boulanger’s D’un matin printemps, Debussy’s Nocturnes; Ravel’s Mother Goose and William Grant Still’s Woodnotes for the first time in my career. The musicians and I can’t wait to begin this journey of exploration with our audiences!”
Cape Ann Symphony preview announcement for the 2023/2024 season
Photo 1: Guest Artist for Known and (Unknown) Greats, the March 2024 Concert: Janice Weber, world renowned pianist and best selling novelist Photo Credit: Liz Linder
Photo 2: Guest Artist for The Three B’s: Beethoven, Bizet and Brahms, the May 2024 Concert: Lucia Lin, acclaimed BSO violinist
Photo 3: Cape Ann Symphony Conductor and Music Director Yoichi Udagawa
Photo 4: Guest Artist for 2023 Holiday Pops Concert: Renese King, gospel vocal sensation
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Orchestral Opera Gems close the Cape Ann Symphony’s 66th Concert Season on Saturday, May 19 at 8 pm at the Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. A romantic and moving program, Orchestral Opera Gems features orchestral masterpieces from renown and beloved operas by Wagner, Puccini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Ponchielli, Weber, Tchaikovsky, and Bizet. For tickets and information, call 978-281-0543 or visitwww.capeannsymphony.org.
Famed composers Wagner, Puccini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Ponchielli, Weber, Tchaikovsky, andBizet take center stage for the CAS Orchestral Opera Gems Concert on May 19. Cape Ann Symphony Conductor and Music Director Yoichi Udagawa points out, “Some of the most passionate and emotional music written for the orchestra comes from the world of opera. The stories of love, jealously, loss, longing and romance were captured in music by great composers such as Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Bizet and Wagner. Many of these operas feature interludes of incredible symphonic music, and we’ve selected some favorites for the May concert.” The Orchestral Opera Gems program includes Leoncavallo’s Intermezzo from I Pagliacci; Tchaikovsky’s Polonaisefrom Onegin;Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavaleria Rusticana;Puccini’s Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut; Ponchielli’s Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda ; Verdi’s Prelude to Act 3 from La Traviata; Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 1; Weber’s Overture to Oberon; and Wagner’s Meistersinger Overture and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Götterdämmenrung. Udagawa adds, “Make sure you come to this very romantic concert with someone you’re madly in love with.”
In July of 1888 Mascagni entered a competition in Milan open to all young Italian composers who had not yet had an opera performed on stage. One-act operas would be judged by a jury and the three best operas would be staged in Rome. Mascagni choseCavalleria Rusticana,a popular short story and play and in two months, he composed the opera. Among the 73 operas submitted,Cavalleria Rusticanawas chosen as one of
the three to be produced. The opera premiered to huge success on May 19, 1890 with Mascagni taking 40 curtain calls.
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