Homecoming series at the Met features Violist

Dec 29, 2004

For Immediate Release

Contact: Annie Matlow 509-326-3136

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HOMECOMING SERIES AT THE MET FEATURES VIOLIST

SPOKANE -- The second concert in the popular Met series features a familiar display of guest artists and fabulous music. Spokane natives from across the world are returning to be a part of the city's renaissance. The Symphony joins the celebration by featuring fine musicians who began their careers in the Inland Northwest.

The Spokane Symphony continues this series with an exciting program chosen and by Associate Conductor Morihiko Nakahara and featuring violist Lois Landsverk.

Spokane Homecoming will delight listeners on Sunday, Jan. 9 at 3 pm and Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. They will enjoy a performance by Spokane native Lois Landsverk of Viola Concerto by Stamitz. The Symphony will also play Symphony No. 4 by Mendelssohn, Threnody for Toki by Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu, and Overture to The Impresario by Mozart.
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Lois Landsverk started violin lessons at the age of 7 with Sister Cecelia Clare of the Holy Names Academy in Spokane. She continued on with Helen de la Fuente, also in Spokane. She studied violin at College Conservatory in Cincinnati, Ohio where he earned a Bachelor of Music in 1981. She then began studying voila in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria where she .received her Diploma from the Salzburg Mozarteum Conservatory in 1986. She has served as Principal Violist with four major orchestras in Germany. She currently is featured as Principal Violist of the Bamberg Symphony.

Nakahara has added a rousing opener, Overture to The Impresario by Mozart, to start the intimate programming for which the Met Series has become known.
Threnody to Toki (1980) is Yoshimatsu's heartfelt plea for the restoration of beauty as symbolized by the crested ibis the national bird of Japan. It is one of the early compositions of the famous Japanese composer born in 1953. From a much earlier time, and in a more traditional form, Mendelssohn's Fourth Symphony has lyrical lines and strong themes. In a letter to his sister, Mendelssohn, named this The Italian and described it as the happiest piece he had ever written. He said the symphony was meant to embody not only his impressions of the art and landscape he had encountered in Italy, but also the vitality of the people with whom he had come in contact.
Tickets are $13, $18, $20, and $24; Call the Spokane Symphony Ticket Office at (509) 624-1200; or tickets are also available, with service charges, through www.spokanesymphony.org and Ticketswest at 325-SEAT or 1-800-325-SEAT.

CALENDAR LISTING:
Spokane Homecoming, Spokane Symphony with Lois Landsverk and Morihiko Nakahara conducting; Sunday, Jan. 11 at 3 p.m. and Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Met Theater. Tickets are $13, $18, $20, and $24; Call the Spokane Symphony Ticket Office at (509) 624-1200; or tickets are also available, with service charges, through www.spokanesymphony.org and Ticketswest at 325-SEAT or 1-800-325-SEAT.