PRINCETON, NJ Restaurant Dining Guide Announcement

Princeton University Orchestra Opens 114th Season: Works By Britten, Barber and Copland October 23 & 24, 2010

PRINCETON, New Jersey — The Princeton University Orchestra under the direction of Michael Pratt will present concerts on Saturday October 23 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday October 24 at 3:00 pm in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. The Orchestra has earned an international reputation for giving fiercely committed and fresh interpretations by gifted student performers under the guidance of Mr. Pratt, now beginning his 34^th season in Princeton.

Repertoire on the October concerts will be Benjamin Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto with Sunghae Anna Lim, violin; and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring (complete ballet).

Mr. Pratt commented, “This season opener combines three of the most beloved British and American composers. Britten’s seascapes are so vivid one can almost sniff the salt air. We celebrate Barber’s one-hundredth birthday with one of his most rapturous masterworks, performed by an international-class artist (and teacher of many members of the Orchestra). Finally we bring the original-length ballet version of the most revered of all American works; Appalachian Spring gives deep voice to who we are as a people.”

Sunghae Anna Lim, soloist on the Barber, teaches violin at Princeton University. She has performed extensively throughout the United States, Central America, Europe and Japan and is a founding member of the Laurel Trio, which won the Nathan Wedeen Award at the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York. As violinist of the New Millennium Ensemble, she won the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and gave a debut recital at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

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Admission is $15 (general), $13 (seniors) and $8 (students). One may call University Ticketing at 609.258.9220 or order online at www.princeton.edu/utickets.