ARTISTS

Halekulani MasterWorks: Wagner’s “Ring” Without Words
Honolulu Symphony Orchestra
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
                                                                                                                                                                                                

CONCERTS

Saturday, September 13 - 8 p.m. & Sunday, September 14 - 4 p.m.
These concerts take place at the Blaisdell Concert Hall.

PROGRAM

MUSSORGSKY: Prelude to Khovantchina “Dawn on the Moscow River”
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
WAGNER/MAAZEL: “Ring” Without Words

TICKETS

$19, $26, $40, $52, $70 (including service fees)
Military and seniors receive a 20% discount.
Groups of 10 people or more are eligible for $10 flat rate tickets.
Student tickets are only $10.
Tickets are sold at Ticketmaster outlets (1-877-750-4400), Macy’s
and Times supermarkets. www.ticketmaster.com
Call the Box Office at (808) 792-2000 (weekdays) or (808) 524-0815 ext. 245 (evenings) for more information.
E-mail: boxofficemngr@honolulusymphony.com
www.honolulusymphony.com
 
Honolulu – World-renowned violinist Cho-Liang (Jimmy) Lin will make his muchanticipated return to the Honolulu Symphony concert stage with Prokofiev’s precocious Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor on Saturday, September 13 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, September 14 at 4 p.m. as the Halekulani MasterWorks continues at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Maestro Andreas Delfs leads this magnificent musical experience that also features a rare, must-see performance of Wagner’s riveting “Ring” Without Words, as well as Mussorgsky’s Prelude to his incomplete opera Khovantchina – a folksy “musical
landscape” titled Dawn on the Moscow River. Tickets start from only $19.

Halekulani MasterWorks Presents Wagner’s “Ring” Without Words – Page 2 of 3
Beloved for its meditative and brilliant passages, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in Gminor is a virtuoso’s showcase that reflects reminiscences of his beautiful score for the ballet, Romeo and Juliet. The Concerto, which was pronounced an exalted success at its premiere in Madrid in 1935, is now counted as among Prokofiev’s most popular and well-loved works.

Wagner’s epic opera tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) is also known as the Ring Cycle. It is recognized throughout the world as one of opera’s – and music’s – most important works. To create the “Ring” Without Words, composer and conductor Lorin Maazel took more than 15 hours of music from this masterpiece and selected excerpts to create a concert-length work of one hour. Maazel did not change a single note and the music is heard in the same order as it appears in the tetralogy.

Rarely performed due to the size demands on the orchestra and the sheer number of musicians required, “Ring” Without Words is an ambitious work that draws from Icelandic eddas and sagas, an Old Norse prose narrative, and the Middle High German epic Das Nibelungenlied for its inspiration.

Tickets are for sale at all Ticketmaster outlets (1-877-750-4400), Macy’s and Times Supermarkets. Groups of 10 people or more are eligible to participate in the new group sales program featuring $10 flat rate tickets and premium seating. Student tickets are always $10. Please call the Box Office at (808) 792-2000 or visit www.honolulusymphony.com for more information.
About Cho-Liang Lin Taiwanese-American violinist Cho-Liang Lin is lauded the world over for the eloquence of his playing and for the superb musicianship that marks his performances. Renowned for appearances as a soloist with major orchestras, he is also frequently heard in recital and in chamber music. Musical America named Mr. Lin its Instrumentalist of the Year in 2000.

Mr. Lin’s recent and upcoming concerts reflect his wide-ranging musical activities. Performing on several continents, he appears as soloist with orchestras in Norway, Finland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada and the United States. Apart from conventional repertoire, Mr. Lin continues his advocacy for contemporary music by presenting the world premiere of Taiwanese composer Gordon Chin’s Double Concerto with cellist Felix Fan with the San Diego Symphony conducted by Jahja Ling as well as Chinese composer Bright Sheng’s Three Fantasies at the Library of Congress with pianist Andre-Michel Schub.

As Music Director of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest, the Los Angeles Times stated that Mr. Lin “has put together another bracing and provocative series.” In his capacity as music director, he has helped commission and premiere works by Chen Yi, Chick Corea, Philip Glass, John Harbison, Mark O’Connor, Esa-Pekka Salonen among others. As a solo artist, he has premiered concerti by Tan Dun, Joel Hoffman, Christopher Rouse, Elie Siegmeister, Bright Sheng, George Tsontakis, George Walker and Chen Yi.

Cho-Liang Lin has recorded for Sony Classical, Decca, Ondine, Naxos and BIS. His albums have won such awards as Gramophone’s Record of the Year, as well as two Grammy Award nominations. On Sony Classical, his discography includes standard violin repertoire such as concerti ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky as well as chamber music of Brahms, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Ravel. For Decca, he recorded the Concerto for Violin and Guitar by Aaron Jay Kernis with Sharon Isbin, conductor HughWolff and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. For BIS, he recorded Chen Yi’s concerto Folk Dance Suite.

His recording of the concerto by Christopher Rouse on Ondine was recently named one of the best classical releases of 2004 by The New York Times. His most recent recording projects include Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Sejong and Anthony Newman and music of Austrian composer/conductor Georg Tintner with pianist Helen Huang, both released on Naxos.

Born in Taiwan in 1960, Cho-Liang Lin began his violin lessons when he was 5 years old. At the age of 12, he went to Sydney to continue his musical studies. His early teachers include Sylvia Lee and Robert Pikler. Inspired by an encounter with Itzhak Perlman while in Sydney, he arrived in New York in 1975 to audition for Mr. Perlman’s teacher, the late Dorothy DeLay, at the Juilliard School. Within two years of his enrollment, Mr. Lin won the first Queen Sofia Violin Competition in Madrid and hisconcert career was soon launched. He has been a member of the Juilliard faculty since 1991 and in addition, has recently joined the faculty of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.