The 2011 - 2012 Season

Subscription Series (five concerts)

Trio Solisti

2 October, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
3 October, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

St. Lawrence String Quartet

6 November, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
7 November, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

5 February, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
6 February, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.

Quatuor Ebène

11 March, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
12 March, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.

Stile Antico

15 April, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
16 April, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.

All subscription series performances take place in the Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary.

Subscription Concert No. 1

Trio Solisti

2 October, 2011 at 7:00
3 October, 2011 at 8:00

Crowned "The most exciting piano trio in America" by The New Yorker magazine, Trio Solisti is comprised of three brilliant instrumentalists. Trio Solisti has earned a reputation for soulful and passionate performances marked by soloistic virtuosity, electric energy, seamless ensemble playing, and thrilling abandon. These qualities have drawn high praise from such journals as The New York Times (“consistently brilliant") and The Washington Post (“unrelenting passion and zealous abandon in a transcendent performance.”) Performing a broad spectrum of styles, their versatility extends to new music, most notably to the work of Paul Moravec, who composed his 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning work, Tempest Fantasy, for Trio Solisti. One of America's most notable critics, Terry Teachout of The Wall St. Journal, has proclaimed, "To my mind, Trio Solisti has now succeeded the Beaux Arts Trio as the outstanding chamber-music ensemble of its kind."

Program

Schumann:
Phantasiestücke in A minor, Op. 88
Beethoven:
Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke"
Chausson:
Trio in G minor, Op. 3

Season Sponsor

Mr. F. R. Matthews, C.M.

Season Co-Sponsors

Nexen, Inc.

In Memoriam —
Florence Mannix Pallesen

Concert Sponsor

Myra & Maurice Paperny

Concert Co-Sponsors

Homes by Avi

Subscription Concert No. 2

St. Lawrence String Quartet

6 November, 2011 at 7:00
7 November, 2011 at 8:00

The St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) has established itself among the world-class chamber ensembles of its generation. Its mission: bring every piece of music to the audience in vivid color, with pronounced communication and teamwork, and great respect to the composer. Since winning both the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1992, the quartet has delighted audiences with its spontaneous, passionate, and dynamic performances. In addition to their appointment as Ensemble in Residence at Stanford University, the SLSQ are visiting artists at the University of Toronto. Alex Ross of The New Yorker magazine writes, "the St. Lawrence are remarkable not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection."

Program to include

Beethoven:
Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Osvaldo Golijov:
new work (composed in 2011 for SLSQ) Canadian Premiere

Season Sponsor

Mr. F. R. Matthews, C.M.

Season Co-Sponsors

Nexen, Inc.

In Memoriam —
Florence Mannix Pallesen

Concert Co-Sponsors

Dr. Ronald Dougan
Louise & Marlin Moore

Subscription Concert No. 3

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

5 February, 2012 at 7:00
6 February, 2012 at 8:00

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is one of twelve constituents of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing arts complex in the world. CMS presents chamber music of every instrumentation, style, and historical period in its extensive concert season in New York, its national tours, its many recordings and national radio broadcasts, its broad commissioning program, and its multi-faceted educational programs. Demonstrating the belief that the future of chamber music lies in engaging and expanding the audience, CMS has created programs to bring the art of chamber music to audiences from a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and levels of musical knowledge. The artistic core of CMS is a multi-generational, dynamic repertory company of expert chamber musicians who form an evolving musical community.

Program

Winds of France
Emmanuel:
Sonata for Flute, Clarinet & Piano, Op. 11
Maresz:
Circumambulation for flute
Francaix:
Wind Quartet
Ibert:
Trois pieces breves
Poulenc: 
Sextet for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and horn

Season Sponsor

Mr. F. R. Matthews, C.M.

Season Co-Sponsors

Nexen, Inc.

In Memoriam —
Florence Mannix Pallesen

Concert Co-Sponsors

Clara Blackstone
C.A. Siebens
Bev Clark, Associate Broker,
REMAX First

Subscription Concert No. 4

Quatuor Ebène

11 March, 2012 at 7:00
12 March, 2012 at 8:00

Distinguished by its youth, open-mindedness, and versatility, France’s Ebène Quartet has had a meteoric rise to the top. Now among the world’s most sought-after quartets, the Quartet made its U.S. debut tour in March 2009 to widespread, dazzling critical acclaim. The tour featured performances in Boston, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and at Carnegie Hall. In October 2009, the Ebène Quartet won "Recording of the Year" at the 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Awards for their CD of Debussy, Ravel, and Fauré string quartets, only the fourth time that a chamber ensemble has won this prestigious prize. Considered one of the finest quartets of its generation, the Quartet was named BBC Music Magazine’s 2009 Newcomer of the Year, and was also nominated for the renowned Les Victoires de la Musique Classique Chamber Music Ensemble of the Year for 2009.

Program

Mozart:
Quartet in D minor, K. 421
Borodin:
Quartet No. 2 in D Major
Jazz and Pop Standards,
reimagined by the Ebène Quartet

Season Sponsor

Mr. F. R. Matthews, C.M.

Season Co-Sponsors

Nexen, Inc.

In Memoriam —
Florence Mannix Pallesen

Concert Co-Sponsors

The Alliance Française of Calgary
Consulate of Iceland
Nulli Secundus

Subscription Concert No. 5

Stile Antico

15 April, 2012 at 7:00
16 April, 2012 at 8:00

Stile Antico is an ensemble of young British singers, now established as one of the most original and exciting new voices in its field. Prizewinners at the 2005 Early Music Network International Young Artists’ Competition, the group is much in demand in concert, performing regularly throughout Europe and North America. Their recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label have enjoyed great success, receiving the Diapason d’or de l’année and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik; their debut, Music for Compline, was nominated for a GRAMMY Award. The group’s third recording, Song of Songs, won the 2009 Gramophone Award for Early Music and reached the top of the US Classical Chart. Working without a conductor, the members of Stile Antico rehearse and perform as chamber musicians, each contributing artistically to the musical result. Their performances have repeatedly been praised for their vitality and commitment, expressive lucidity and imaginative response to text. Stile Antico’s repertoire ranges from the glorious legacy of the English Tudor composers to the works of the Flemish and Spanish schools and the music of the early Baroque.

Special Pre-concert talk presented by Early Music Voices at 6:15 P.M. on Sunday and at 7:15 P.M. on Monday in the Husky Oil Great Hall, Rozsa Centre.

Program

"Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart
Tudor and Jacobean music for private devotion"

Co-Presented By

Early Music Voices

Season Sponsor

Mr. F. R. Matthews, C.M.

Season Co-Sponsors

Nexen, Inc.

In Memoriam —
Florence Mannix Pallesen

Concert Co-Sponsors

J. Lindsay Hood
Joe & Eugenia Scarlett

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