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The chamber orchestra known as the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields will appear in Hodgson Hall at 8 p.m. on Feb. 26. Tickets ($35-$39) are sold out, but the box office in the Performing Arts Center (542-4400) is taking names for the waiting list.
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields was founded in 1959 by Sir Neville Marriner, then a violinist with the London Symphony Orchestra. Originally formed as a small, conductorless string ensemble, and named after the London church of St. Martin in the Fields where it performed, the Academy spearheaded the Baroque revival in the 1960s. Kenneth Sillito (above) is artistic director; he has been director and first violinist of the Academy chamber ensemble since 1980.
Since its inception, the orchestra has grown considerably in size, repertoire and reputation and it is now the world’s most-recorded chamber orchestra, with more than 1,000 releases encompassing music from the 17th century to the present day. The Academy has won many prestigious international awards, including eight Edisons, the Canadian Grand Prix, and a multitude of gold discs--13 alone for the soundtrack to Milos Forman’s film Amadeus. The orchestra also recorded the soundtrack to The English Patient.
In this concert, the orchestra will play Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major and his Concerto in C Major for Three Violins; Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht; and Shostakovich’s Two Pieces for String Octet.
A pre-concert lecture will be given by Michael Heald of UGA’s School of Music. The free lecture begins at 7:15 p.m. in Ramsey Hall in the Performing Arts Center.
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