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A-May-Zing Mozart to zydeco
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Cape May Star and Wave, A-May-Zing Mozart to zydeco >>
The third week of the 16th Annual Cape May Music Festival begins at 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 5, when Geno Delafose and his band French Rockin Boogie bring their rollicking zydeco music to Cape May Convention Hall's stage.
Zydeco is the popular music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies, elements of Caribbean msuic, and the blues, played by small groups featuring guitar, accordion, and washboard.
A native of Eunice, a small town in southwest Louisiana's French triangle, Delafose was born into a family of Zydeco musicians. At the age of seven he picked up the rubboard and was soon accompanying his father's influential band, the Eunice Playboys. Well-known for his charismatic cowboy spirit and lively presentation, Delafose has realeased four albums with his band, French Rockin' Boogie. He was named Best Zydeco Artist at the 2003 Big Easy Awards in New Orleans.
Tickets to the French Rockin' Boogie concert are $22 general admission, $18 seniors and $10 students.
The festival continues on Tuesday, June 7 with the New York Chamber Ensemble's program "Hark the Echoing Air" featuring the English Baroque music of Henry Pureell and George Handel with special guest harpsichordist and host Robert Wolinsky. The ensemble will perform Mathew Locke's "The Tempest," highlights from Purcell's "The Fairy Queen" and Handel's Flute Sonata in C Major.
Wolinsky is returning to Cape May for his second performance with the New York Chamber En semble. He will share his vast knowledge of this music with his inimitable "spoken program notes." Wolinsky has been a member of the St. Lufee's Chamber Ensemble since 1976, appearing as concerto soloist, charober musician, and orchestral continuo. He has recorded several Bach harpsichord concertos with St. Luke's for the MusicMasters label. A regular , guest of many prominent ensembles, Wolinsky has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Chamber Music Society, and Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society and has appeared at many festivals including Caramoor. Mostly Mozart, Salzburg, Ravinia, and Music from Angel Fire, among others.
The New York Chamber Ensemble performance begins at 8 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Washington and Franklin streets. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 seniors and $5 student.
On Thursday, June 9, the Bay-Atlantic Symphony performs its third concert of the festival at Cape May Convention Hall at 8 p.m "A-May-Zing Mozart" features three works by one of the Victorians' favorite composers, Mozart. The program includes Mozart's Overture to Don Giovanni, Flute Concerto No.l G Major, and Symphony No. 39 in Eb Major. Soloist Susan Rotholz will perform the flute concerto.
Rotholz has won numerous awards since her critically acclaimed debut as the recipient of the Concert Artists Guild Award in 1981. She has performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the New York Philharmonic, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, among many others. Rotholz is on the faculties of Columbia University, Hunter College and the Manhattan School of Music and is the principal flutist of the New England Bach Festival, the New York Chamber Ensemble, and the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra.
"A-May-Zing Mosart" tickets cost $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors and $10 for students.
The Cape May Music Festival is funded in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and the Geraldine R, Dodge and Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundations. PNC Bank is a Corporate Benefactor of the Music Festival. Comcast is a senior sponsor and Yamaha is the official piano of the Cape May Music Festival.
The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Cape May's Victorian heritage. MAC also fosters the performing arts. MAC membership is open to all. For more information about MAC'S year-round tours, festivals, special events and many volunteer opportunities, call 609-884-S404 or 800- 275-4278, ar visit MAC'S website at www.capemaymac.org. For information about restaurants, accommodations and shopping, call the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May at 609-884- 5508.
06/02/05
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