IT ALL STARTED WITH A HIT. in ' 11 p t Pulling Strings Dearborn Symphony concert features cellist Marcy Rosen. Diana Lieberman Special to the Jewish News W THE RAZZLE-DAZZLE MUSICAL SMASH FISHER THEATRE • FEB. 14—MARCH 5 Best Seats Available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday Eves. Tickets on sale at the Fisher Theatre box office & all ticketmaster outlets inc. Marshall Field's ticketmaster.com • charge-by-phone 248-645-6666 • Info 313-872-1000 NederlanderDetroit.com e Groups (12 or more): call weekdays 313-871-1132 The Hit Off-Broadway Musical Comedy Sold Out Coast-To-Coast! MI LaSalle Bank ABN AMR° Special Appearance ByThe N ew Yo rk Cast! Dvorak's second visit to the United States, the 45-minute work is the final concerto written by the Czech composer, who died in 1904. It's one of very few solo pieces — and the only concerto — he completed for cello. Markou, who also serves as Wayne State University's director of orchestral studies, has frequently collaborated with Rosen on the work, the cellist said. "Often one hears a very heavy-handed and overblown interpretation',' she said. "Ours is more intimate and, I hope, achieves an interplay between the voice of the solo cello and the amazing orches- tral writing." hen cellist Marcy Rosen won the Philadelphia Orchestra's Concerto Competition in 1975, she topped all other competitors with her performance of Antonin Dvorak's cello concerto: However, instead of performing the Dvorak, the 18-year-old cellist was asked to make her orchestral debut with Jewish composer Ernest Bloch's Schelomo (a Hebrew rhapsody inspired by a statue of King Solomon). According to Rosen, the Philadelphia Orchestra's principal cellist was scheduled to solo in the Bloch that same season, and "they didn't want to add any other repertoire Out Of Arizona to the orchestra's work schedule." Rosen grew up in Phoenix, Ariz., where On Friday, Feb. 3, Rosen will perform both parents were accountants. the Dvorak concerto with the Dearborn Her maternal grandparents were Symphony Orchestra at the Ford Orthodox Jews, but she was brought up Community and Performing Arts Center in a Reform household. under the direction of Kypros Markou. "I went to Sunday school and attend- And this time, there will be no substitu- ed the synagogue until it went bankrupt tions. in the late 1960s:' she said. "In my opinion, the Dvorak Concerto Rosen's mother had studied violin is the greatest of all the concerti written and piano as a child, and the family lis- for the cello:' she said. "When you tell tened to classical music at home. students that it is the piece you want "There was a piano (which is now in them to work on, their eyes glaze over Rosen's living room) and I am told that and they feel humbled and frightened. when I was 6 years old, I asked to take "I am thrilled to have had the chance • piano lessons:' she said. "I took lessons to live with this work for 30 years. Each and loved it — although getting me to time I come to it, I try to start fresh and practice was not always easy. My piano take a new look at the score." teacher also played the violin and viola, Written during 1894-95, during and it was from her that my interest in WINNER ! ,ishowsioor Mother Would Love Competition Tke otriotAS etv\dt "wonsi--see" tmiksical -Poy otvtyol4e who hots loved at tmof-hey, dowt3 h4-ev ov - best- -Pyievtd. cyy,..yo(All 3o home kokppy! Seligman Performing Arts Center at Detroit Country Day School 22305 Wesc 13 Mile Road. Beverly Hills, MI Super Early Bird Special* 1. 1 . 8 Performances Only! Groups! (15 or more) $ 29 * Seniors '33 Individual $35 Thursday. April 6, 2006 2 pm & 7:30 pm Friday, April 7 2 pm & 8 pm Saturday, April 8 2 pm & 8 pm Box Office: 313-963-9800 Sunday, April 9 I pm&4 pm www.gemtheatre.com www.mamaleh.com 'You must reserve tickets by February 19, 2006 "Mamaleh! is sweet... displays uninhibited humor... its heart is in the right place.....—The New York Times 60 January 26 a 2006 TN * Marcy Rosen: By the time she began attending Interlochen Music Camp, she knew she'd become a professional cellist.