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DTH Omnibus Page 9 Thursday February 20, 1992 Munich ensemble to feature renowned soloist The Munich Chamber Orchestra Tuesday, February 25, 8p.m Memorial Hall Tickets $7 for students; $1 2 public For information, call 962-1 449 The Munich ChamberOrches tra, an internationally ac claimed ensemble, will per form Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall along with renowned flute soloist Andrea Griminclli as part of the Carolina Union Performing Arts Series. The orchestra, has performed over 4,000 times since it was created in 1950. In 1991 alone, they performed in Japan, Spain, France, the Nether lands, Belgium and Luxemborg. The ensemble is composed of 16 musicians : nine violin players, three violas, three cellos and one bass. Elizabeth Oliver The talent of these artists is re flected in their diverse repertoire. Though the program is devoted to music from the classical, baroque and romantic periods, they also perform contemporary pieces that were com posed specifically for the orchestra. The composers to be featured in Tuesday night's program include Schubert, Mozart, Hoffstetter, Mercadante and the orchestra's con ductor, Hans Stadlmair. Stadlmair began conducting the Munich Chamber Orchestra in 1956 and has guided the ensemble to great international success. Not only has he performed in sev eral different countries with other groups as their guest conductor, but Stadlmair has also won many awards for his compositions. A highlight of the evening will be the performance of Italian flute solo ist Andrea Grim inelli who began play ing the flute at age 10. He studied at the Paris Conservatory and has earned much acclaim and won many presti gious awards since then. Griminclli has performed with many noted musicians such as Rich ard Boynge, CarloGiulini, Emmanuel Krivine, Yoel Levi, Jean-Marc Luisada, Zubin Mehta, George Petre, and Joan Sutherland. He has toured in Japan and Europe as well as the United States. American audiences were first ex posed to Griminelli when he toured with Luciano Pavarotti this past sum mer. Griminelli has also performed with well-known ensembles such as the Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Turin, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony. Renowned flute instructor James All hail the Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor and Her Blues Machine Thursday, February 20, 8p.m Caf's Cradle Tickets $1 0, available at Schoolkids For information, call 929-7766 The Queen is coming. The imperial Koko Tay lor, reigning Queen of the Blues and long-time mem ber of blues royalty, will be performing at Cat's Cradle tonight with her band, the commanding Blues Vicki Hyman Machine. Competition for James Brown any day, Taylor has been called the hard est working woman in show business, averaging over 200 live appearances every year, from jazz festivals and network radio to television perfor mances and the silver screen (she made a cameo appearance in 1990 in David Lynch's Wild at Heart as guess what, folks a torchy night club singer). You might have seen " ft A I - iritis lit t it Koko Taylor will belt out her hits at Cat's Cradle tonight her at last September's Durham Blues Festival, where she gave a stellar per formance, proving she's not close to giving up her crown. Born and raised on a sharecrop per's farm outside Memphis, Taylor's dynamic vocals reflect her strong blues and gospel background. "I grew up singing gospel in a Baptist church with my brother and sisters," she said in a Washington Post interview. "I'd sing gospel on Sundays, and during the week, when I went into the fields doing my routine chores, I'd sing the blues. That's all I knew." She left home (and her Baptist parents, who considered the blues "devil's music,") at age 18 and moved to Chicago with her future husband, Robert "Pops" Taylor. Discovered by Willie Dixon in the early '60s, she started working with blues legends Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, Junior Wells and Magic Sam. Written by Dixon, her most famous hit, 1964's "Wang Dang Doodle," (which she thought was the "silliest sounding song I had ever heard talk of) sold over a million copies and is now a blues classic. Her most recent album, Jump for Joy, released in 1990 by Alligator Records, is a contemporary mix of her characteristically robust blues vocals fronting a funky background of gui tar, piano and horn. Her other albums include: Live from Chicago An Au dience with the Queen, Queen of the Blues, From the Heart of a Woman and The Earthshaker. Taylor, who won a Grammy award for Best Blues Recording in 1984 and was nominated for many others, has a dynamic, walloping voice that can soar above the clouds one minute and dive down into the gravely earth the next. Words can't do justice to her astounding, throaty vocals; without a doubt, their power greatly exceeds that of the pen. ft o Aft. .ra C " .Alt- Wt 2 f A . k V 'V ' f r1 I ' j The Munich Chamber Orchestra Galway gave high praise to this ac complished flutist. "Andrea Griminelli is the most exciting young flutist to burst upon the music scene in many years." Given the status and talent of both the Munich Chamber Orchestra and flute soloist Andrea Griminelli, Tues day evening promises to be a great opportunity to be exposed to culture through beautiful music. Tickets may be purchased at the Caro lina Union Box Office. Visa and Mastercard are accepted. we rule by divine right Alts ri? KATHT BATES AND lESStCAtUflV JOB'
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