George Mason University's Center for the Arts

 Kelly Ker-Hackleman, Piano and Martin Hackleman, Horn

For more than 40 years, this remarkable sextet has maintained their place at the apex of a cappella singing, delighting audiences around the world with their incomparable musicianship, charm, and wit. One of Britain’s great musical institutions, they are counted among the world’s most elite classical performers, and celebrated for their commitment to perfection in blend, balance, and intonation. “Still unmatched for their musicality and sheer ability to entertain,” lauds The Times of London. Renowned for their versatility, The King’s Singers have an impressive and diverse repertoire that encompasses Medieval music to Renaissance masterpieces, lieder to folk, to pop and jazz. “The King’s Singers have the same microscopic perfection one sometimes hears from purely instrumental chamber musicians.” (The Washington Post)

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With special guests: GMU Percussion Ensemble

Featuring the GMU Jazz Ensemble and Combos

Long Yu, conductor
Di Wu, piano

Known as “the best in the Far East,” the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra was the first orchestra of its kind in Asia and is credited with the development of Chinese symphonic music. Formed in 1879, this ensemble introduces Chinese orchestral works to audiences around the world, while bringing the finest classical music of the Western World to the Chinese people. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Long Yu, the orchestra embraced a new era of its history with the recording of music for the Grammy Award-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Chinese-born Di Wu, winner of the 2009 Juilliard's William Petschek Piano Debut Recital Award and recipient of one of the coveted prizes at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, joins the orchestra to perform the daunting Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff. The program also includes China Air Suite by Bao Yuankai and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture.

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Matthew Sidney Hazelwood
Music Director Finalist
Guest cellist Victoria Bass

Chopin the Patriot

Jeffrey Siegel continues his yearlong celebration of Chopin with an exploration of Chopin’s love for his homeland of Poland. In the wake of the November Uprising, as the Polish people revolted against the Russian forces, Chopin emerged as a national bard, writing music honoring his country and the heroism of its people. In this “concert with commentary,” Mr. Siegel performs three Polonaises: the tender G Minor, the brooding C Minor, and the ever popular, heroic A-Flat, as well as several buoyant and poignant Mazurkas.

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This event is scheduled to last from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm.

Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor
Chu-Fang Huang, piano
Free ConcerTalk at 7:00 p.m., Concert begins at 8:00 p.m.

The November 21st Masterworks concert represents quite a contrast from the first two.  The focus is on lively, dance rhythms from Brazil, France, and Spain, combined with the influential and entertaining rhythms of American jazz used by Gershwin in his Rhapsody in Blue.  In addition to the Gershwin, Chu-Fang Huang, piano, will also perform the Ravel Piano Concerto.

"Throughout the performance ... you sensed the excitement of a young pianist who could hardly wait to get her turn at it. She played with richly mellow tone, vivid colorings and Romantic flair ... Ms. Huang gave a refreshingly direct, honest and sensitive account." - The New York Times

FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
Chu-Fang Huang, piano
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G
GINASTERA: Estancia