{"id":84170,"date":"2022-08-12T13:03:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=84170"},"modified":"2022-08-12T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:00:31","slug":"the-lowell-chamber-orchestra-announces-its-fourth-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/the-lowell-chamber-orchestra-announces-its-fourth-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lowell Chamber Orchestra announces its fourth season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOWELL, Mass., Aug. 12, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Lowell Chamber Orchestra announces its fourth season, with five free concerts that look to entertain, educate, and enlighten Lowell audiences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0612-s2p-lowellcorch-01-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Armando Bayolo, Rose Hegele, Genevieve Leclair, Leo Eguchi, Estefan\u00eda Pardo-Perez\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0612-s2p-lowellcorch-01-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0612-s2p-lowellcorch-01-800x600-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0612-s2p-lowellcorch-01-800x600-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>PHOTO CAPTION: Top, left to right: Sophie Michaux, Armando Bayolo, Rose Hegele, Genevi\u00e8ve Leclair, Leo Eguchi, Estefan\u00eda Pardo-Perez; bottom: the Lowell Chamber Orchestra in performance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe season is designed to turn the western classical musical canon on its head,\u201d says Music Director Orlando Cela. \u201cThe programming elevates contemporary works above established masterpieces, demonstrating that music keeps evolving in the orchestral medium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The season will feature works by very well-known composers such as Manuel de Falla, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Franz Joseph Haydn, but these will have very unusual features, such as flamenco style chanting, a vanishing orchestra, and unusual instruments. The newer works will have influences by grindcore punk, Latin-American rhythms, Cornish traditions, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the works have an important social message, such as Gabriele Vanoni\u2019s multimedia oratorio \u201cIsland of Peoples,\u201d about the immigrant experience, and Estefan\u00eda Pardo Perez\u2019s \u201cPaikuna Saqinku,\u201d about displacement of ethnic communities due to environmental disasters &#8211; the latter piece being the winner of LCO\u2019s second call-for-scores.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0612-s2p-lowellcorch-02-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando Cela leading the Lowell Chamber Orchestra during rehearsal\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0612-s2p-lowellcorch-02-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0612-s2p-lowellcorch-02-800x600-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0612-s2p-lowellcorch-02-800x600-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>PHOTO CAPTION: Orlando Cela, music director and conductor, leading the Lowell Chamber Orchestra during rehearsal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the last movement of Haydn\u2019s 45th symphony is a social commentary,\u201d continues Cela. \u201cThe ending is not so much about requesting to go back to Eisenstadt, as it is about demonstrating the importance of teamwork and working together (as told by Giaccomo Ferrari); and in a world where war and political tensions plague our everyday life, we program this piece as a call for global unity and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The season features many guest artists: for the first time ever, the Lowell Chamber Orchestra will feature Canadian conductor Genevi\u00e8ve Leclair as the LCO\u2019s first ever guest conductor, and Roi Karni, the winner of LCO\u2019s first ever concerto competition. Vocalists Sophie Michaux and Rose Hegele, and cellist Leo Eguchi will also be featured, among others.<\/p>\n<p>All of the concerts are completely free, consistent with the LCO\u2019s mission to provide extraordinarily high level classical music performances and take down socio-economic barriers to access these concerts. The LCO survives only through donations.<\/p>\n<p>To see the entire upcoming season, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/lowellchamberorchestra.org\/events\">https:\/\/lowellchamberorchestra.org\/events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To donate to the Lowell Chamber Orchestra, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/LCOdonate\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/LCOdonate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MEDIA CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Antonio Mak<br \/>\nLowell Chamber Orchestra<br \/>\nadmin @ lowellchamberorchestra.org<br \/>\nPhone Number: (781) 583-6160<\/p>\n<p><strong>MULTIMEDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VIDEO (YouTube): <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h_IHd23O9-s\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/h_IHd23O9-s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOWELL, Mass., Aug. 12, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Lowell Chamber Orchestra announces its fourth season, with five free concerts that look to entertain, educate, and enlighten Lowell audiences. All of the concerts are completely free, consistent with the LCO&#8217;s mission to provide extraordinarily high level classical music performances and take down socio-economic barriers to access these concerts. 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