The Capri Theater

Speak Low When You Speak Love
Dennis Oglesby, Dennis Spears and Julius Collins, vocals
Sanford Moore, piano

7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Capri Theater’s “Legends” series offers a musical conversation about love, featuring four outstanding Twin Cities performers: pianist Sanford Moore and vocalists (pictured above left to right) Dennis Oglesby, Dennis Spears and Julius Collins. The concerts are at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, and 3 p.m. Sunday, February 12, 2012. Tickets are $25, and $20 for groups of 10 or more. Click on dates above to order online or call OvationTix at 866-811-4111.

Sanford Moore is best known as the founder, director and arranger for the award-winning vocal jazz ensemble Moore By Four.  Dennis Spears is Artistic Director of the “Legends” series and starred as Nat King Cole in “I Wish You Love,” which had two sold-out runs at the Penumbra Theatre in addition to runs in Washington, D.C., and Hartford, Conn.  Julius Collins III recently starred with Thomasina Petrus in “Hot Chocolate,” a hit holiday show at Park Square Theater, as well as appearing with Spears in “Always & Forever” at the Illusion Theater. The Rev. Dennis Oglesby is Senior Pastor of Park Avenue Church and wowed Capri audiences last spring in a surprise appearance in last year’s “Legends” concert by his wife, Greta Oglesby.

“Any one of these performers could hold a show on his own,” says Capri Theater Director Karl Reichert. “Getting all four of them together is an amazing event.”

Spears promises a range of genres and musical moods, from pop to jazz and blues, and perhaps a poem or two, in an inclusive mix. “A lot of men don’t know how to be romantic. These guys’ voices can be the answer to that,” he says. “It’s a sweet, warm Valentine with something for everybody.”

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Capri Theater will present a free chamber music concert in North Minneapolis 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.

We have reached our capacity for reservations. If you would like to be added to the wait list, click here (Eventbrite). We typically receive a number of cancellations as the concert nears, and we will contact those on the wait list if we receive a significant number or cancellations.

After three very successful free concerts last season, the two organizations decided to bring another free concert to the North Minneapolis neighborhood. This free concert is another of the SPCO’s efforts to be as accessible as possible to the Twin Cities community.

The SPCO will perform Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D, Martinů’s Quartet for Clarinet, Horn and Snare Drum, and Schubert’s Octet in F for Winds and Strings.

Reservations will be redeemed into assigned seating at the Capri Theater’s ticket desk in the lobby starting 4:30 p.m. the night of the concert.

“We are so pleased that the musicians of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra are returning to our stage,” says Karl Reichert, Director of the Capri Theater. “Last year’s free classical chamber music concerts at the Capri Theater were very popular, and we are anticipating that we will have another full house on February 4. The SPCO is helping us demonstrate that the Capri is a great space for classical music.”

Concert Information
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 7 p.m.

Program:
Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major
Martinů: Quartet for Clarinet, Horn, Cello and Snare Drum
Schubert: Octet in F for Winds and Strings

Tickets: FREE. Reservations are sold out, however, you can sign up on the wait list at http://spcocaprifeb4.eventbrite.com.

Click here to order tickets. To learn more about the Capri Big Band visit capribigband.com.

Minnesota Monthly has named the Capri Theater as “Best Jazz Venue” in its “Best of the Cities” issue (November 2011). We are grateful to have so many people supporting our work at the Capri Theater, including the many artists who have contributed so richly to making our venue an outstanding house for jazz!