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The exciting 2008-2009 Vox Ama Deus Season is underway! |
Concert This Weekend!This weekend Camerata Ama Deus, Philadelphia's latest talk about town group, performs Bach: Brandenburg & More:
- This Saturday Oct. 18th @ 7:30pm at St. Paul's Church in Chestnut Hill PA.
- This Sunday Oct. 19th @ 4:00pm at Thomas Great Hall on the campus of Bryn Mawr College, in Bryn Mawr PA.
Live in or near Chestnut Hill or Bryn Mawr? Did you know there will be more concerts this year at these locations? These are now available as separate subscription series!Get your tickets here for this weekend - or the entire series! (and be sure to select the "will call" option in the processing pull down box to have your tickets held at the door!)
"Our audience
will experience the "camerata" reminiscent of centuries past when the
wealthy nobility originally enjoyed an introduction to these works on
their own estates, directly by the hand of the composer!" - Valentin Radu
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A Repeat of Renaissance Harvest, A Recap of Mozarteum! Did you miss the first two splendid performances?
Audiences were thrilled at both the Renaissance Harvest in Devon (a free event generously sponsored by Jenkins Arboretum every fall), a performance to be repeated on Sunday Oct. 26th at 5:00pm at Gladwyne Presbyterian Church (see below).
Come experience voices draped in full period costume regalia complimented by authentic instruments!
And the "Mozarteum" was truly awe-inspiring with the Piano Concerto No. 20 in C Major K.466 by the hand of Maestro Radu himself.
If you were there you know how glad all were that he took another page from the "master's score" and is doing something Mozart himself did - conducting the orchestra with great vigor while also performing! (Maestro first performed this work at the age of 10 in Romania and subsequently won prestigious awards for his piano virtuosity as a child prodigy!)
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The Kimmel Season starts Next Month
As always, Vox Ama Deus offers a selection of enthusiastically attended performances in Center City Philadelphia along the Avenue of the Arts at the Kimmel Center Perelman Theater featuring four enchanting performances this season - also available as a subscription discount package. Delighted audiences will experience Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, the incomparable Mozart Requiem and a final spring performance of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. (see below for more).
The seasonal favorite, Handel's Messiah is also here again this Holiday season - "stay in tune" for more next month!
These are just some of this season's gifted performances, for a full calendar listing of venues, concerts and season or series events, please see the Vox Ama Deus website or contact the office at 610-688-2800 for group rates!
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Performing for Mikhail Gorbachev
Romanian born Valentin Radu, conductor and pianist of Vox
Ama Deus and Russian born Tatyana Rashkovsky, soloist with Vox, performed for Mikhail Gorbachev  during his recent visit to Philadelphia at the Consulate General
of Romania, hosted by George Sfedu, Consul General.
The former soviet leader and Nobel Prize winner was in town to receive the 2008 Liberty Medal
for his role in ending the cold war and bringing hope to those living behind
the iron curtain.
This was not the first time Ms. Rashkovsky has sung in the
presence of the great leader. 
In October
of 1985 she performed in the chorus of the Moscow Radio Symphony at an event
for a factory opening in Siberia Mr. Gorbachev presided over!
Among the pieces performed at the Friday morning luncheon
was the famous Russian song "Moscow Nights" and Gershwin's "Summertime" both
requested by Gorbachev.
At the piano, Radu was moved when Gorbachev joined Ms.
Rashkovsky to sing the popular Russian folk song, "The Moon is Shining
Brightly". In his tenor voice, the
former soviet leader held a high C at the end.
Breaking the silence of the room with his own applause, Gorbachev had
once again brought some harmony to the world!
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Best of the Best - 2008
Vox Ama Deus is the Readers Choice again!
A thank you to all who voted! The Main Line Times Readers Choice Award for Best Classical Group 2008 went to Vox Ama Deus. We have won several of these types of awards and are very appreciative of your support.
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Bach: Brandenburg & More
Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 PM
St. Paul's Church, 22 E. Chestnut Hill Avenue, Chestnut Hill, PA
Sunday, October 19 at 4:00 PM
Thomas Great Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
The sequel to last season's BACH OKTOBERFEST (Camerata Ama Deus' debut concert which featured the Brandenburg Concerti Nos. 2, 3, and 4), this "must see" performance for any Bach fan includes two additional concerti (5 and 6) which Johann wrote in only one short week and dedicated to the Graf von Brandenburg with the hope of getting the position of his court musician (which he attained). Orchestral Suite III (Maestro Radu's favorite) concludes this program!
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Renaissance Harvest
Sunday, October 26 at 5:00 PM
Gladwyne Presbyterian Church, 1321 Beaumont Drive Gladwyne, PA
 Celebrate the first day of Fall and the harvest season with Vox Renaissance Consort voices draped in full period costume regalia complimented by authentic instruments.
This charming Renaissance "tea-time", tucked away inside an old stone chapel, will bring you back in time and leave you uplifted and energized.
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Friday, November 14 at 8:00 PM
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA
 Written in 1824 and premiered in Vienna (together with Symphony No. 9) with a deaf Beethoven conducting the Philharmonic Society Orchestra, the Missa Solemnis represents (together with Bach's B Minor Mass and Mozart's Great Mass in C) the finest in the Latin Mass setting.
It is a testament of Beethoven's artistry and faith, as well as the bridge from the Classical to the Romantic era and beyond. Just as in the 9th Symphony, the voices are treated as instruments and blend with the orchestra to create an awesome effect! The Missa is preceded by one of Ludwig's most famous overtures and by an all-string remarkable orchestral fugue. This event kicks off the Vox Ama Deus Kimmel Season with a stunning Ama Deus Ensemble performance!
Tickets:
Platinum $50, Gold $40, Silver $30, Bronze $20
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