Upcoming Performance
with Baroque Band
Chicago's Period Instrument Orchestra

Wednesday June 11, 2008 7:30 pm

Symphony Center, Grainger Ballroom
220 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Il 60604-2596


















The Beguiling Flute












Bach: Suite in B minor for Flute and Orchestra, BMV 1067
Vivaldi: Il gardellino, Op.10, No. 3, RV 428
Albinoni: Concerto a Cinque Op. 2, No. 3 in A major

-I will be playing two great music written for the flute: Bach's Suite in B minor for Flute and Orchestra and Vivaldi's Flute concerto, Il gardellino. I am very happy to be invited to be a soloist with the Baroque Band Chicago's Inaugural Season's closing concert. Please read about the Band by clicking on the name, as well as Garry Clarke, its artistic director, conductor and violinist.

Garry Clarke
Click below for directions to the venue:
Symphony Center, Chicago

Contact Information:
Baroque Band
600 South Dearborn Street, Suite 1202
Chicago, IL. 60605
info@baroqueband.org
(312) 235-2368

Amato Opera Production of
Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte

Sunday June 8, 2008 2:30 pm


















-I will be playing flute in one of my very favorite operas, Cosi Fan Tutte. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Please come and enjoy the heavenly music!!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adriana Ferrarese del Bene
-first Fiordiligi










Anthony Amato
Artistic Director
319 Bowery
New York, NY10003
212-228-8200
Email: info@amato.org

DMA HARPSICHORD RECITAL
HSUAN-WEN CHEN










SUNY Stony Brook University
Staller Center Recital Hall

Tuesday April 29, 2008 8:00 pm

André Campra and Agostino Steffani








- Program will include two beautiful 17th Century Cantatas, "Arion" by André Campra and "Spezza, Amor" by Agostino Steffani as well as three contemporary pieces by Dawn Chambers, Robert Strizich, and Emma Lou Diemer. I will be playing in both Cantatas and Strizich's "Tombeau" (1982) written for Baroque Flute and Harpsichord.

Assisting Artists
Christine Free (mezzo soprano)
Sang Joon Park (baroque flute)
Stephanie Corwin (baroque basson)
Jason Priset (theorbo)
Faythe Volrath, Satono Norizuki, Bethany Cencer (harpsichords)

Upcoming Concert with
EMPIRE VIOLS











Friday April 25, 2008 8:00 pmSecond Presbyterian Church
6 west 96th Street, New York







EMPIRE VIOLS
Martha McGaughey & Carlene Stober (viols)Arthur Haas (harpsichord)
with
Sang Joon Park (flute)
Patricia Halverson (viol)

Second Presbyterian Church
4 West 96th Street at Central Park West
NewYork, NY 10025
(212) 749-1700
http://www.secondpresbyteriannyc.org

For More information contact:
carlenestober@usa.net

or visit the Empire Viols website:
http://www.grenser.org/empire/

Upcoming Performance with
Newton Baroque Soloists

Second Church of Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton, MA

Saturday April 19, 2008 7:30 pm


















Soloists:
Lisa Brooke - violin
Sarah Cantor - recorder
Sang Joon Park - traverso
Audrey Markowitz - oboe
Jim Mosher and James Baker - horns
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord/director

Lisa Brook
Sarah Cantor











Andrus Madsen








Sang Joon Park








-This concert features concerti with unusual scoring, including Bach's First Brandenburg Concerto, scored for violino piccolo, horns, oboes and strings. The concert will also include Concerto for Flute and Recorder by Telemann, Recorder Concerto by Vivaldi, and Harpsichord Concerto by Bach.


Second Church of Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton, MA
Contact Andrus Madsen
617-332-1446
Directions (click to view)

Suggested Donation $15

Bach Cantata Service at the
St. John's Episcopal Church
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Sunday April 13, 2008 10:00 am


Cantata BWV 192
"Nun Danket alle Gott"
Johann Sebastian Bach

Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 6
in B-Flat Major
George Frederic Handel



Conductor: Steven Finch
Organist: Carol Weitner
Concertmaster: Claire Jolivet
1st flute: Sandra Miller
2nd flute: Sang Joon Park

St. John's Church
An Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Long Island

P.O. Box 266
1670 Route 25A
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. 11724

Phone: 516-692-6368
email: info@stjohnschurchcsh.com
Fax: 516-692-6374
Map / Directions

Two Performances
at the Amato Opera
Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore














Sunday April 6, 2008 2:30 pm
Saturday April 26, 2008 7:30 pm

-I will be playing principal flute in Verdi's great opera in 4 acts, Il Trovatore, based on the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez, set in the early 15th Century, Spain. Come and discover the dramatic subplots and Verdi's beautiful music!!!

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)











Adelina Patti (1843-1919) as Leonora
- She is generally considered
to be the greatest soprano
in operatic history
Legendary Italian tenor
Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
as Manrico











Great American contralto
Louise Homer (1871-1949) as Azucena
"King of Baritones" Mattia Battistini (1856-1928)
- not quite as Conti di Luna. I could not find the exact picture of him in the role. This is Battistini as Posa in Verdi's Don Carlos)











Read all about Verdi, Il Trovatore, Patti, Martinelli, Homer and Battistini on Wikipedia and other sources:

Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore
Adelina Patti
Giovanni Martinelli
Louise Homer
Mattia Battistini

Anthony Amato
Artistic Director
319 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-8200
Email: info@amato.org

Invitation to Bach's Cantata BWV 67
"Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ"
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

Sunday March 30, 2008 5:00 pm

65th Street & Central Park West

















- This is a last minute invitation to tomorrow's concert at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. I will be playing flute in Bach's Cantata Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67. Other music by Bach and Praetorius will also be presented. If you would like to see the program for the entire season for the Bach Vespers series, please check the following web address:

http://www.bachvespersnyc.org/SeasonSchedule.dsp

SANG JOON PARK
FLUTIST

Flutist Sang Joon Park is the recipient of the prestigious 2005 Samuel Baron Prize awarded at the SUNY Stony Brook University where he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree under the tutelage of Carol Wincenc (May 2004). He received his Bachelor of Music from Mannes College under Judith Mendenhall and Thomas Nyfenger and Master of Music form Manhattan School of Music under Linda Chesis. Park is a winner of numerous competitions and awards including Artists International Competition (New York Debut, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall), Downeast Orchestra Competition, LaGuardia Orchestra Competition, Westchester symphony Competition, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Young Winners Series, Ira Gershwin, Louis Hammershlag, and Lewis Silver Awards. He served as principal flutist for the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan symphony, Downeast chamber Orchestra, Mannes Symphony, Korean Chamber Sinfonia, Manhattan Philharmonia, Korean Symphony of New York, Orchestra Musicanti of seoul, and Amato Opera Orchestra.

Sang Joon Park's interest in baroque flute and baroque performance practice began wile pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at stony Brook, where he was a member of its Baroque Ensemble (Arthur Haas, director). He studied baroque flute with Wilbert Hazelzet, Sandra Miller, Janet See, Stephen Schultz and Jed Wentz, has attended Amherst Early Music Festival, Longy Baroque Institute, and Vancouver Early Music Programme. Park has performed with many Baroque groups such as Inégale, Rossignol Amoureux, Ensemble La Sylva, Newton Baroque, Flying Forms, La Donna Musicale, Catacoustic Consort, Bacchanalia Baroque, and The Grand Tour Orchestra throughout the United States, Canada, Taiwan and the Netherlands.

Having great interest in the 18th Century Spanish Instrumental Music, Park takes frequent trips to Spain for the research of original music manuscript collections. He is an official researcher at the Patrimonio Nacional Archivo y Biblioteca de Palacio Real de Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Biblioteca Histórica Municipal de Madrid, Biblioteca Musical Municipal de Madrid, Real Biblioteca del Monasterio San Lorenzo de El Escorial, and is also a member of the Royal Library (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) at the Hague, Netherlands. In the United States, Park researches at the Spencer Collection Research Libraries [NYPL], the Research Library of Lincoln Center Library for the Performing arts, and the New York Hispanic Society Library.

Invitation to the upcoming performance of
Bach's Passion According to St. Matthew
with The Grand Tour Orchestra

Sunday March 16, 2008 4:00 pm

St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201

-I will be playing principal flute in an upcoming performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion with The Grand Tour Orchestra directed by Charles Brink in the beautiful church of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity, Episcopal. Please come and experience one of Bach's greatest sacred masterpieces!!!

The Grand Tour Orchestra
Charles Brink, Artistic Director

Lenneke Ruiten, soprano
Stephanie Houtzeel, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Thomas Meglioranza, baritone
Randall scarlata, baritone

Conflitti di Voci Chorus

St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
157 Montague Street
Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201
(718) 875-6960

Three Upcoming Performances
at the Amato Opera
Donizetti's Don Pasquale














Sunday February 24, 2008 2:30 pm
Sunday March 2, 2008 2:30 pm
Saturday March 15, 2008 7:30 pm

-I will be playing principal flute in Donizetti's charming opera buffa, Don Pasquale. Please come and enjoy the beautiful music and delightful comedy !!!

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)











Luigi Lablache (1794-1858)
-the original Don Pasquale
Pini-Corsi, De Luca, Storchio and Sobinov, in the La Scala production of the 1904-05 season









Read about Donizetti, Don Pasquale, and LaBlache on Wikipedia:

Gaetano Donizetti
Don Pasquale
Luigi LaBlache

Anthony Amato
Artistic Director
319 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-8200
Email: info@amato.org

My Grandfather Ahn Seok Young's 1941 film "Volunteer" on DVD!!!

Ahn Seok Young (Seok Ju)











"Volunteer" (1941)





















I literally CANNOT believe it, but my grandfather Ahn, Seok Young's film was discovered in China and was released on 4 disc DVD set by the Korean Film Archive, along with 3 other treasures, "Homeless Angels" (1941) by Choi, In-Kyu, "Spring of Korean Peninsula" (1941) by Lee Byeong-Il, and "Straits of Chosun" (1943) by Park, Ki-Chae.

I found a wonderful blog post on this subject (with full commentary and many pictures) by Matt from South Korea:
http://populargusts.blogspot.com/2007/11/1941s-volunteer.html

Korean Film Archive: http://www.koreafilm.org/publica/dvds.asp

These films were made during the last years of Japanese Occupation in Korea and they obviously contain Pro-Japanese sentiments and propaganda, but they are extremely important historical and artistic documents.






















My grandfather's birth name was Ahn, Seok Ju, and Seok Young was his artistic name. He was a poet, script writer, illustrator, artist, musician and art/film critic, and in 1937 made his directorial debut with the motion picture "Story of Sim Chung", based on a famous Korean folk tale. He is the author of the famous Korean lyric poem "Our Hope", originally "Our Hope is Independence", later becoming "Our Hope is Unification" after the Korean War, 1950-53. His eldest son and my uncle, Ahn, Byong Won, composed music to this lyric and now along with "Arirang", it's one of very few songs sung by both North and South Koreas.

I also found a web address introducing my grandfather, the illustrator:
http://lambiek.net/artists/a/ahn-seok-ju.htm

Happy Lunar New Year, 2008!!!

Korea Music Foundation presents
Annual Holiday Concert at the
Korean Cultural Service, New York
















Thursday December 20, 2007 7:00 pm
460 Park Avenue (at 57th Street)
6th floor

Hyun Ju Song (soprano)
Sung Young Moon (tenor)
Sang Joon Park (flute)
Kyung-A Yoo (piano)

with special appearance by

MIRAFLORES TRIO
Yumi Cho (violin)
Sarah Koo (cello)
Theresa Ja-Young Kim (piano)

-Come and join the festivities in this annual holiday concert! A night of holiday cheer, friendship and Christmas carols. The program will include Gesu Bambino, Winterland, Claire de lune, Four Tango and more. There will be Christmas Carols Sing Along at the end of the concert!!!

For further informations please contact KMF.
Tel:212-942-5978
www.Koreamusicfoundation.org

My next performance at the
Korean Cultural Center

ANNUAL HOLIDAY CONCERT
Thursday December 20, 2007 7:00 pm


















Photo by Rod Goodman
http://www.rodgoodmanphoto.com/

Korean Cultural Service NY
-click to view the website
460 Park Avenue (57th St.)
6th floor

-I will be performing Cécile Chaminade's Concertino in D Major, one of the most beloved and important piece written for the flute. Don't miss it!!!

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)











Read about Chaminade on the wikipedia:
Cécile Chaminade

This concert is presented by Korea Music Foundation and will present gifted young artists:

Hyun Ju Song (soprano)
Sung Young Moon (tenor)
Kyung-A Yoo (piano)
and
MIRAFLORES TRIO
Yumi Cho (violin)
Sarah Koo (cello)
Theresa Ja-Young Kim (piano)

-Come and celebrate the holidays with beautiful music!!! There will be Christmas Carols Sing Along at the end of the concert.

For further information, please contact the KMF.
Tel: 212-942-5978
www.Koreamusicfoundation.org

Three upcoming performances at the Amato Opera:
Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme

Sunday December 16, 2007 2:30 pm
Sunday December 23, 2007 2:30 pm
Saturday December 29, 2007 7:30 pm








Amato Opera
Anthony Amato
Artistic Director
319 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-8200
Email: info@amato.org

-I will be playing principal flute in one of the most beloved operas of all time, Puccini's La Boheme. Please come and enjoy the beautiful music, and remember to bring a handkerchief!!!

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) as Mimi
-Beautiful American soprano
Edmond Clément (1867-1928) as Rodolfo
-Great French lyric tenor


Puccini with Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957)
-who conducted the first performance of La Boheme









Read about La Boheme, Puccini, Farrar, and Toscanini on the following links, and listen to Clément on Youtube!!!

La Boheme
Giacomo Puccini
Geraldine Farrar
Arturo Toscanini
Edmond Clément