Fortas: Nurit Bar-Josef and Lambert Orkis
Two National Symphony Orchestra principals come together for classic sonatas by Mozart, Bach, and Prokofiev.
- Sun., Oct. 19, 2003, 7:30 PM
- Terrace Theater
- Approx 2 hours
- $30.00
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About
Nurit Bar-Josef, violinist, and Lambert Orkis, pianist, in duo recital
Nurit Bar-Josef, the highly praised concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra since September 2001, has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Saint Louis Symphony, among others. She has performed chamber music at the Caramoor, Tanglewood ,and Taos festivals and in Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Washington. Known as “a performer of great subtlety and finesse” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), she has a “technique that would seem to know no difficulties” and plays with “dark-hued elegance”(The Washington Post).
Pianist Lambert Orkis appears on the world's foremost concert platforms as a solo recitalist and as the regular touring partner and recording partner of violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, with whom he is winner of Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for their Deutsche Grammophon recording of Beethoven sonatas. At home in Washington, he is principal keyboardist for the National Symphony Orchestra. The New York Times wrote that Mr. Orkis’s playing is “vivid, cohesive and magical,” and The Washington Post adds, “He…played impeccably and with genuine musical and pianistic elegance.”
Nurit Bar-Josef, the highly praised concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra since September 2001, has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Saint Louis Symphony, among others. She has performed chamber music at the Caramoor, Tanglewood ,and Taos festivals and in Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Washington. Known as “a performer of great subtlety and finesse” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), she has a “technique that would seem to know no difficulties” and plays with “dark-hued elegance”(The Washington Post).
Pianist Lambert Orkis appears on the world's foremost concert platforms as a solo recitalist and as the regular touring partner and recording partner of violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, with whom he is winner of Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for their Deutsche Grammophon recording of Beethoven sonatas. At home in Washington, he is principal keyboardist for the National Symphony Orchestra. The New York Times wrote that Mr. Orkis’s playing is “vivid, cohesive and magical,” and The Washington Post adds, “He…played impeccably and with genuine musical and pianistic elegance.”
Program and Notes
- MOZART
- Sonata for Violin and Piano in B-flat major, K. 454
- BACH
- Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Unaccompained Violin
- PROKOFIEV
- Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94bis
- FALLA
- Suite populaire espagnole
Artists
Wolfgang Mozart, Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-flat major, KV 454
Nurit Bar-Josef, violin
Lambert Orkis, piano
News and Reviews
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Review - "Principal Pleasures From NSO's Bar-Josef and Orkis"
The Washington Post
From the Gift Shop
CD-Beauty of Two, Kennedy Center Chamber Players
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