Lake Placid Sinfonietta

Add music to your summer events by including a concert by the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, the Orchestra of the Adirondacks, with performances in and around Lake Placid from July 4 to August 12. The orchestra is comprised of twenty top classical musicians from around the country under the baton of Music Director Ron Spigelman. Some of the exciting summer 2012 guests appearing are NY Philharmonic musicians Anna Rabinova and Robert Langevin on July 15th, Soprano Laura Enslin on July 21, and Piano soloist Navah Perlman on July 29th. Whether you choose a performance on the shore of Mirror Lake on Wednesday evenings, at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts, or a show in one of the neighboring communities, this orchestra is truly one of the gems of the summer.

In addition to Lake Placid concerts, the orchestra will also be performing at the Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek on July 7, at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake on July 26, at the Harrietstown Town Hall in Saranac Lake on August 2, at St. Mary's church in Ticonderoga on August 3, and at the Amos and Julia Ward Theatre in Jay on August 10.

The 2012 Symphony Series held at the LPCA is the core of the season's programming. This summer's concert series is themed "Inspiring" Curtain time is 7:30 and all reserved seating tickets are sold through the LPCA box office 518-523-2512. (Students 18 and under are free if available, inquire at the box office)

Sunday July 8 Adirondack Health's Magic of Mozart

An original one woman play written and performed by noted musicologist Raya Lee about Mozart's life. Program includes Overtures to "The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni" "The Magic Flute" and Mvt. 1 from the Symphony in G minor. "Allegro" & "Allegro Assai" from Concerto No. 23 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra features Guest Alexander Tentser, piano. Northern Adk. Vocal Ensemble (Hill and Hollow Music) is also featured along with vocalists Hannah Harrow and George Cordes.

Sunday July 15 Mirror Imagining
Guest Artists Anna Rabinova, violin; Robert Langevin, Flute
Michael Torke Two Girls on a Beach
JC Bach Sinfonia Op. 18 No. 1 in Eb
Martinu Concerto for Violin and Flute
Haydn Symphony No. 47

SATURDAY July 21 Inside the Octagon
Octet Shostakovitch
Copland Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures
Beethoven Symphony No. 8

Sunday July 29 Bending the Boundaries
Guest Artist, Navah Perlman, piano
Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9
Haydn Symphony No. 103 in E flat "Drumroll"
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major

Sunday August 5 Transfigurations
Featuring the ACE Trio: Ann Alton, cello; Michael Emery violin, Cristine Coyiuto piano.
Ravel Mother Goose
Schoenberg Transfigured Night
Beethoven Triple Concerto

Sunday August 12 Journey on the Orient Express
Featuring Concertmaster Daniel Szasz Violin, and David and Adam Pandolfi Horns
Telemann Double Horn Suite (Germany)
Strauss Vienna Blood (Austria)
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra (Romania)
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Young Prince and The Young Princess (Turkey)
Beethoven "March" from The Ruins of Athens (Greece)
For complete information visit the website: www.LakePlacidSinfonietta.org