Pre-concert Talk

Pre-concert Talk one hour before performance at 2pm.

Clayton State music professor Dr.Kurt-Alexander Zeller gives engaging, insightful talks about the music, and often plays recorded excerpts of pieces in the program. These talks begin one hour prior to concert time for selected Strings and Vocal series concerts and are free for all ticket-holders.

About the Artists

Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński “is the real countertenor deal, one of the best I’ve heard on the operatic (or any other) stage…He has, in short, raised the bar decisively for what we can expect of this voice type in this repertory” (Opera).

Orliński possesses an “uncommonly beautiful voice and acute musical and dramatic instincts” (Chicago Tribune), “smooth, creamy and produced with ease, his intonation is clean, and it’s a voice that the listener can relax and luxuriate in” (Bachtrack). “He’s a wonderful artist, and a genuine star” (The Guardian).

He has quickly emerged as one of the most vibrant performers on the international classical music scene, triumphing on stage, in concert and on recording, winning new audiences for his art form. His live performance of Vivaldi’s “Vedrò con mio diletto,” filmed at the Aixen-Provence Festival in 2017, has amassed more than four million views.

“Throughout the recital, Orliński was direct, personable, generous: he wore his singing heart on the sleeve of his beautiful green suit. And the capacity audience at Wigmore Hall loved it” (Opera Today).

Concert Program

Music by Henry PURCELL, George Frideric HANDEL, Johann Joseph FUX, Henryk Czyż, Mieczysław KARŁOWICZ, and Stanisław MONIUSZKO. 

Concert Sponsors

Spivey Hall Friends Concert Sponsors:

William Green & Antoinette Earley

Spivey Hall gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our 2021-2022 Season Sponsors:

Audience Building Roundtable,
through The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Barney M. Franklin & Hugh W. Burke Charitable Fund,
through The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Richard C. Owens Charitable Foundation

Patron Information

This concert welcomes patrons ages 12 and up.

This concert will be presented with a 50% capacity restriction to allow for social distancing.