Lenape Chamber Ensemble Presents April Concerts

Katie Hyun

The Lenape Chamber Ensemble continues its season celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary on April 10 at 8 p.m. in the Upper Tinicum Lutheran Church in Upper Black Eddy, Pa., and on April 12 at 3 p.m. at Delaware Valley University’s Life Sciences Auditorium in Doylestown, Pa.

On the program are Haydn’s multi-faceted String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No.1; American composer John Harbison’s Songs America Loves to Sing, a series of variations on recognizable American tunes from the folk and jazz canons; and Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84.

Anthony Trionfo

Violinist Cyrus Beroukhim returns to Lenape’s concert stage. Concertmaster of the American Symphony, Beroukhim has played with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and with the New York City Ballet Orchestra since 2009, including as a soloist for the ballet Stravinsky Violin Concerto. He is joined by violinist Katie Hyun, who has performed as soloist with the Houston Symphony, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Columbia Festival Orchestra, as well as the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra in South Korea; violist William Hakim, a member of the String Orchestra of New York City, the New York Symphonic Ensemble, and a performer with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Sonos Chamber Orchestra, Orion Music Ensemble, and Metropolis Ensemble; and cellist Alberto Parrini, who is an associate musician with the Metropolitan Opera and a member of the American Symphony and Orchestra
of St. Luke’s.

Alan R. Kay

Additional players are flutist Anthony Trionfo, who has performed as soloist with the Edmonton, Gulf Coast, Stockton and Riverside Symphonies, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Grant Park Festival Orchestra; clarinetist Alan R. Kay, who is co-principal clarinetist and a former artistic cirector of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, serves as principal clarinet with New York’s Riverside Symphony and the Little Orchestra Society, and performs as principal with the American Symphony and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s;  and Steinway artist Marcantonio Barone on piano, who has performed with major orchestras on four continents and had solo recitals in London, St. Petersburg, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.

Receptions will be held following the Friday concert and at intermission on Sunday, providing the opportunity to meet and chat with the performers. Tickets at $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, and $5 for students and children will be available at the door or online at LenapeChamberEnsemble.org. For more information, call (610) 294-9361.