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Lambert Orkis, fortepiano and David Hardy, Cello
Saturday, March 20, 2010 3:00 PM

March 22, 2010

Lambert Orkis, fortepiano and
David Hardy, Cello

Judge piano competition, March 20;
Master Class, March 21. 3 p.m.;
Diehn Concert, March 22.

David Hardy and Lambert Orkis first began performing chamber music together in 1983. They have been both members of Washington's 20th Century Consort-a group specializing in contemporary music, the Romantic Chamber Ensemble, and the Empyrean Trio with then NSO Concertmaster William Steck.  As Principal Chair players of the National Symphony Orchestra, they were two of the original five founding members and, since 2003, have performed with the highly acclaimed Kennedy Center Chamber Players for sold out houses in the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater.  They have performed together much of the chamber music repertoire which includes those instruments from the music of the classical and romantic periods through to the modern era.  In May 2008, they premiered at the Kennedy Center a new work for cello and piano written for them by award-winning composer Stephen Jaffe.
Mr. Orkis and Mr. Hardy first presented the cycle of Beethoven works for piano and cello at Temple University in 1988.  Their most recent performances of these works have highlighted many years of working together on this repertoire.  In re-visiting these masterpieces, they have also considered their enhanced knowledge gained from playing on period instruments and from studying classical performance practice.  They have recorded these works for Dorian/Sono Luminus Recordings--on modern and period instruments for future release.
Their recordings include "The Beauty of Two," with performances of Grieg's Sonata in a minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 36 and Martino's Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano;  "An Emotional Journey - Clarinet Works of Johannes Brahms"  with NSO Principal Clarinetist Loren Kitt, they present the Brahms Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano on A recording of Brahms' Piano Quartet in g minor, Op. 25. Additionally, as part of the Kennedy Center Chamber Players, they have two recordings on the Dorian/Sono Luminus label.
This program is in conjunction with ODU's Harold Protsman Annual Classical Period Piano Competition

Tickets:  General admission $15, ODU Students $10

Diehn Concert Series



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