Cellist Timothy Eddy joins musicians of the NAC Orchestra to perform quintets by Dvorák and Mozart at Music for a Sunday Afternoon on April 6
March 27, 2003 -
CELLIST WILL ALSO GIVE A MASTER CLASS AT NAC ON APRIL 5
Ottawa, Canada -- American cellist Timothy Eddy, who has earned
distinction as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, chamber
musician, recording artist, and as a winner in numerous national and
international competitions, will join ensembles of musicians from the
National Arts Centre Orchestra for an afternoon of chamber music as
part of the Music for a Sunday Afternoon series on Sunday, April 6 at
14:00 in the Auditorium of the National Gallery of Canada. The
cellist will also teach a master class at the National Arts Centre on
Saturday, April 5 at 16:00.
The programme opens with Dvorák's String Quintet in
E-flat major, Op. 97, known as the "American" quintet for
its evocations of African-American and aboriginal rhythms. It will be
performed by Martin Riseley and Leah Roseman on violin, Jethro Marks
and Nancy Sturdevant on viola, and Timothy Eddy on cello.
Mozart's darkly coloured String Quintet in C minor was
originally composed as a serenade for eight wind instruments and
rewritten by Mozart for string ensemble. It will be performed by
Elaine Klimasko and David Thies-Thompson on violin, Jane Logan and
Sally Benson on viola and Timothy Eddy on cello.
Timothy Eddy will also perform Six Pieces for Solo Cello
written in 1966 by Roger Sessions who dedicated the short pieces to
his son, a cellist. Eddy has performed the pieces frequently and
admires them for their "intense emotionality and vivid
character."
Timothy Eddy will also give a master class to four cello students
on Saturday, April 5, from 16:00 to 18:00 in Rehearsal Hall B at the
National Arts Centre. The master class is co-presented with the
University of Ottawa and the Manhattan School of Music. Three of the
students, two from U of O and one - Thaddeus Morden, a high
school student who has participated in the NAC Young Artists
Programme - will be in Ottawa, and the fourth will be linked
by video-conferencing from the Manhattan School of Music in New York.
The public is invited to attend the master classes. Tickets at $10.00
(adults) and $5.00 (students), are available at the door.
Timothy Eddy received top honours at the Gaspar Cassado
International Violoncello Competition in Italy in 1975, and has also
won prizes in the Dealey Contest (Dallas), the Denver Symphony Guild
Competition, the North Carolina Symphony Contest, and the New York
Violoncello Society competition. In addition to numerous solo and
chamber recitals throughout the U.S., he has appeared as concerto
soloist with many North American orchestras. Recently he has spent
his summers with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Sarasota
Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Steans
Institute.
Timothy Eddy currently teaches cello at the Juilliard School and
the Mannes College, and he is Professor Emeritus at the State
University of New York at Stony Brook. He appears regularly in duo
recital with pianist Gilbert Kalish, as solo cellist of the Bach Aria
Group, and as cellist of the Orion String Quartet. Mr. Eddy has
recorded for Columbia Records, Angel, Vanguard, Nonesuch, C.R.I., New
World, Vox, Musical Heritage, Delos, Arabesque, and Sony
Classical.
This Music for a Sunday Afternoon series concert, presented in
collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada, takes place on
Sunday, April 6 at 14:00. Tickets at $26.00 (GST and facility fee
included) are on sale now at the NAC Box Office (Monday to Saturday
from 10:00 to 21:00), and through Ticketmaster
(with surcharges) at 613-755-1111. Ticketmaster may also be accessed
through the NAC's web-site at www.nac-cna.ca.
Student tickets at $13.50 are on sale in person at the NAC Box Office
upon presentation of a valid student ID card. Music for a Sunday
Afternoon tickets may also be purchased one hour before the concert
outside the Auditorium of the National Gallery.
