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The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Phone: 407/896-6700 x 223
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(Orlando, FL - April 1, 2008) - The Orlando Philharmonic presents the ninth concert in its 2007-2008 Phil at Carr Series, titled Come to the Cabaret. The concert is held on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, 401 W. Livingston Street, Orlando. A matinee performance is held at 2:00 PM and an evening performance is held at 8:00 PM.
In this program conducted by Maestro Andrew Lane, two-time Grammy Award winning singer Sylvia McNair takes the stage with the Orlando Philharmonic for a lighthearted program of all-time favorites from musical theater and the Great American Songbook. Included is the music of Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen and Irving Berlin.
McNair is equally at home on the stages of Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and in the intimate environs of the Rainbow Room and the Algonquin's legendary Oak Room. Her performing repertoire has embraced both classical and cabaret, opera and Broadway musicals.
She has been a regular guest soloist with the major American and European orchestras and opera houses working with an array of today's most prominent conductors, including Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin and Robert Shaw, the musician she credits with giving her the early and important opportunities that started her career.
In a recent appearance at the famed Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel, McNair's performance drew these raves from critic Rex Reed: "What a glowing surprise to find Ms. McNair not only in such splendid voice, but thrillingly adept at exploring the subtexts of songs in a dozen variable moods ... Ms. McNair certainly charmed me. For a classical singer making a segue into the art of the popular song, her phrasing is exemplary. Her modulations are inspired. Her time is enviable. She knows how to rev up the power when it's needed and then soft-pedal for subtlety. She has a sense of humor ... she is not an ice-water soprano. In fact, she is so down-to-earth that you would never mistake her for a snob ... I could get used to this kind of ecstasy."
You won't want to miss this sentimental evening of fabulous music. Tickets to Come to the Cabaret are $13, $26, $36, $48 and $62. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 407-770-0071, or on line at www.OrlandoPhil.org.
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