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DESCRIPTION:The Dryden Ensemble will present &ldquo\;Mozart's Birthday&rd
 quo\;.&nbsp\; Tickets are available at the door or may be purchased onli
 ne at http://www.drydenensemble.org.\nIn 1781\, Mozart left the employ o
 f the Archbishop of Salzburg to pursue his artistic freedom by freelanci
 ng in Vienna\, against the wishes of his father Leopold.&nbsp\;Mozart&rs
 quo\;s early years in Vienna\, the focus of this program\, proved to be 
 a critical juncture in the composer's life and led to the creation of hi
 s most brilliant works. The program opens with an 18th-century arrangeme
 nt of the 1782 wind serenade known as the "Gran Partita&rdquo\; for oboe
 \, strings and fortepiano\, and concludes with the Piano Quartet No. 2 i
 n E-flat Major (K. 493) of 1786\, written just a month after Mozart comp
 leted The Marriage of Figaro. Einstein once described the first theme of
  the quartet's rondo as "the purest\, most childlike and godlike melody 
 ever sung."\nFortepianist Dongsok Shin will perform on a reproduction of
  an instrument Mozart purchased in the early 1780s\, now preserved in th
 e Mozarthaus in Salzburg.&nbsp\; Mr. Shin was born in Boston and has pla
 yed the piano since he was four. Since the early 1980s\, he has speciali
 zed exclusively on early keyboard instruments. Now in his 16th year as t
 he keyboard player for the internationally acclaimed baroque ensemble RE
 BEL\, he has appeared with ARTEK\, Concert Royal\, Mark Morris Dance Gro
 up\, New York Collegium\, New York Philharmonic\, Early Music New York&r
 squo\;s Grande Bande\, the Orchestra of St. Luke&rsquo\;s\, Orpheus Cham
 ber Orchestra\, Pro Musica Rara\, and the American Classical Orchestra\,
  among others. He has accompanied artists such as Renee Fleming\, Rufus 
 M&uuml\;ller\, and Barthold Kuijken.&nbsp\; He has toured throughout Nor
 th America\, Europe\, and Mexico\, has been heard on many radio broadcas
 ts\, and has recorded for Bridge\, Ex Cathedra\, Lyrichord\, Newport Cla
 ssic\, Helicon\, ATMA Classique and Dorian Recordings.\nThe Dryden Ensem
 ble will also include Jane McKinley on classical oboe\, Vita Wallace on 
 violin\, Andrea Andros on viola\, and Lisa Terry on violoncello.\nFor ad
 ditional information about the Dryden Ensemble\, visit http://www.dryden
 ensemble.org.
URL:http://uppersouthampton.patch.com/events/the-dryden-ensemble-celebrat
 es-mozarts-birthday-1ed16fff
SUMMARY:The Dryden Ensemble Celebrates Mozart's Birthday
LOCATION:6587 Upper York Rd\, New Hope\, PA 18938: 6587 Upper York Rd\, N
 ew Hope\, PA
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