Mystery and Magic at the OKC Philharmonic tonight

OKC Philharmonic presents Julie Albers tonight (Saturday, February 7), 8pm at OKC’s Civic Center. Photo provided.

With Julie Albers, cello

(Oklahoma City OK) Internationally acclaimed cellist, Julie Albers will perform the elegiac and searing Cello Concerto written after World War I by Edward Elgar as a tribute to fallen friends. Albers joins the OKC Philharmonic and Joel Levine in the Inasmuch Classics Series concert titled Mystery and Magic on Saturday, February 7, 8pm at the OKC Civic Center.

Julie Albers performs on a N.F. Vuillaume cello made in 1872. Maestro Levine opens the program with Maurice Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess, and the program includes enchanting music of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn.

Concert repertoire for Mystery and Magic:

Maurice Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto with Julie Albers, cello soloist
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn: Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tickets are $19 to $65 at The Philharmonic ticket office, 428 West California, Suite 210 in downtown Oklahoma City (open 9am to 5pm); by phone at 405-TICKETS (842-5387); online at www.okcphilharmonic.org or www.myticketoffice.com; or at The Civic Center ticket office, 201 N. Walker in downtown OKC. Online purchases and outlet sales are subject to handling charges.

Performers:

Julie Albers, cellist- American cellist Julie Albers is recognized for her superlative artistry, her charismatic and radiant performing style, and her intense musicianship. She was born into a musical family in Longmont, Colorado and began violin studies at the age of two with her mother, switching to cello at four. She moved to Cleveland during her junior year of high school to pursue studies through the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Miss Albers was awarded the Grand Prize at the XIII International Competition for Young Musicians in Douai, France, and toured France as soloist with Orchestre Symphonique de Douai.

Julie Albers made her major orchestral debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in 1998, and thereafter has performed in recital and with orchestras throughout North America, Europe, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. In North America, Miss Albers has performed with many important orchestras and ensembles. In addition to solo performances, Miss Albers regularly participates in chamber music festivals around the world.

The Gayly – February 7, 2015 @ 10:20am.