By: centraljersey.com
Musician, philanthropist and humanitarian William H. Scheide will celebrate his 97th birthday by sponsoring "Sound Medicine," an All-Mozart concert to benefit Princeton Healthcare System’s "Design for Healing" Campaign. The concert, to be performed by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, will be held Thursday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. in Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium. Mark Laycock will conduct.
The Zurich Chamber Orchestra is a leading international ensemble with an outstanding reputation focusing on the Viennese masters and their disciples.
The concert will also feature Jihye Son, soprano, and Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet.
The program will offer the overture to "Cosi Fan Tutte"; the arias "Mia speranza adorata! … Ah non sai qual pena sia" and " No, che non sei capace," the Clarinet Concerto in A Major, the Symphony No. 35 "Haffner," and Mr. Laycock’s arrangement of "Ein Musikalischer Geburtstags Spass" (A Musical Birthday Joke).
"Sound Medicine" will benefit the Princeton HealthCare System’s fundraising campaign, "Design for Healing": The Campaign for the New University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. Bill and Judith Scheide have long been supporters of the Princeton Healthcare System Foundation.
Ticket prices range from $35 to $95 through the Princeton University Concerts box office, 609-258-9220. For more information, visit www.scheideconcerts.com.
