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Subscription Series (five concerts)
THE YING QUARTET
Sunday, 4 October, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 5 October, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
KAVAFIAN-SCHUB-SHIFRIN TRIO
Sunday, 15 November, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 16 November, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
FAURÉ PIANO QUARTET
Sunday, 17 January, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 18 January, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
DANIEL TAYLOR & SUZIE LEBLANC
With the Theatre of Early Music
Sunday, 7 March, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 8 March, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
Sunday, 18 April, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 19 April, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Special Event Family Concert
MORE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FAIRY TALES*
Sunday afternoon, 7 February, 2010
Choose from 1:00pm or 3:30pm
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
*not part of the subscription series,
tickets available from the
Pumphouse Theatre website
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THE YING QUARTET
Sunday, 4 October, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 5 October, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Subscription Concert No. 1
The Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world. Now in its second decade as a quartet, the Yings have established themselves as an ensemble of the highest musical qualifications and regularly perform in many of the world’s most important concert halls. At the same time, the Quartet’s belief that concert music can also be a meaningful part of everyday life has also drawn the siblings to perform in settings as diverse as the workplace, schools, juvenile prisons, and the White House. The Ying Quartet is known for its diverse and unusual performance projects, including their ongoing LifeMusic commissioning project, created to expand the rich string quartet repertoire by creating music that reflects contemporary life.
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Timothy Ying, violin
Janet Ying, violin
Phillip Ying, viola
David Ying, cello
Program
Schumann:
Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3, “Clara”
LifeMusic Commissions
Beethoven:
Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Season Sponsor
Mr. F. R. Matthews, Q.C.
Season Co-Sponsors
Concert Co-Sponsors
Dr. Ronald Dougan
Louise and Marlin Moore
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KAVAFIAN-SCHUB-SHIFRIN TRIO
Sunday, 15 November, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 16 November, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Subscription Concert No. 2
After 25 years of friendship and music-making, Ani Kavafian, Andre-Michel Schub and David Shifrin - each a true virtuoso and a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - come together as a trio with undeniable chemistry. "The spontaneity, the excitement and the fun we have playing together is beyond what we ever anticipated," they said. Combined they have performed with nearly every major orchestra around the world and in recital at the major concert halls. Violinist Ani Kavafian is one of the most sought after chamber musicians in the country as well as a frequent soloist and professor of violin at Yale University. Clarinetist David Shifrin has appeared in critically acclaimed recitals across the country and is a frequent orchestra soloist with major orchestras. As a piano recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber musician, Andre-Michel Schub has been praised by critics and audiences since his career began over three decades ago.
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Ani Kavafian, violin and viola
David Shifrin, clarinet
Andre-Michel Schub, piano
Program
Mozart:
Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 "Kegelstadt"
Bartók:
Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (1938)
Stravinsky:
Suite from "L'Histoire du Soldat"
William Bolcom:
“Afternoon Cakewalk“ - Rag Suite of Joplin, Lamb, Scott, and Bolcom
Season Sponsor
Mr. F. R. Matthews, Q.C.
Season Co-Sponsors
Concert Co-Sponsors
Dr. Martha Cohen, C.M.
Joe & Eugenia Scarlett
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FAURÉ PIANO QUARTET
Sunday, 17 January, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 18 January, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Subscription
Concert No. 3
“Chamber music is the only true form of music and the most authentic expression of a personality,” insisted Gabriel Fauré. Having taken its eponym’s guiding principle to heart, the Fauré Piano Quartet is now widely regarded as one of the leading chamber groups in the world. Within a short space of time it has conquered the great concert halls of London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, Hamburg, Milan, Buenos Aires and elsewhere. “They attract superlatives wherever they go,” wrote The Strad following a concert at London’s Wigmore Hall, while the Süddeutsche Zeitung praised them for a performance that “brought tremendous pleasure by highlighting interpretative details that had scarcely ever been heard before.” The ensemble was formed in Karlsruhe in 1995 to mark the sesquicentenary of Fauré’s birth and was soon winning national and international awards, including the 2008 “ECHO” Classics Chamber Music Prize and London’s Parkhouse Award.
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Dirk Mommertz, piano
Erika Geldsetzer, violin
Sascha Froembling, viola
Konstantin Heidrich, cello
Program
Mahler:
Quartet in A Minor “Quartettsatz”
Fauré:
Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15
Brahms:
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25
Season Sponsor
Mr. F. R. Matthews, Q.C.
Season Co-Sponsors
Concert Co-Sponsors
Clara and Tema Blackstone
Bev Clark, Associate Broker,
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Nulli Secundus Inc. |
REMAX First |
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DANIEL TAYLOR & SUZIE LEBLANC
With the Theatre of Early Music
Sunday, 7 March, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 8 March, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Subscription
Concert No. 4
An exclusive recording artist for Sony Classical/BMG Masterworks, Daniel Taylor is one of the most sought-after countertenors in the world. He receives invitations from an ever-widening circle of the world’s leading early and contemporary music ensembles, appearing in opera, oratorio, symphonic works, recitals and film. Daniel is also Founder and Artistic Director of the Theatre of Early Music. This new Canadian-based ensemble consists of some of the most extraordinary period-instrument performers in the world. Acadian-born soprano Suzie LeBlanc has established an international career specializing in 17th and 18th century repertoire. She has appeared world-wide with many of the world’s leading early-music ensembles in concert and opera performances as well as on disc and on film. Join us for this special program of arias and duets by Handel and his contemporaries.
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Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano
Program
Handel:
Love and Betrayal
Co-Presented With
Season Sponsor
Mr. F. R. Matthews, Q.C.
Season Co-Sponsors
Concert Co-Sponsors
J. Lindsay Hood
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EMERSON STRING QUARTET
Sunday, 18 April, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Monday, 19 April, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Subscription Concert No. 5
The Emerson String Quartet stands alone in the history of string quartets with an unparalleled list of achievements over three decades: thirty acclaimed recordings produced with Deutsche Grammophon since 1987, eight Grammy Awards (including two for Best Classical Album, an unprecedented honor for a chamber music group), three Gramophone Awards, the coveted Avery Fisher Prize and cycles of the complete Beethoven, Bartók, and Shostakovich string quartets in the world's musical capitals, from New York to London to Vienna. The Quartet has collaborated in concerts and on recordings with some of the greatest artists of our time. "America's greatest quartet." - Time Magazine.
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Eugene Drucker, violin
Philip Setzer, violin
Lawrence Dutton, viola
David Finckel, cello
Program
Schubert:
Quartet in E Major, D. 353
Shostakovich:
Quartet No. 9
Dvorak:
String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105
Season Sponsor
Mr. F. R. Matthews, Q.C.
Season Co-Sponsors
Concert Co-Sponsors
Frances Gainer
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MORE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FAIRY TALES*
A Jazzy Chamber Music Experience
with Samantha Whelan Kotkas
*World Concert Premiere with all-new stories and music
Sunday afternoon, 7 February, 2010
Choose from 1:00 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. Performances
Ticket prices: Adults $17.25, Children/Seniors/Students: $14.25 (includes service charge and convenience fee)
Tickets available from:
Pumphouse Theatre website
Special Event Family Concert
Come early to meet the Fairies, do crafts
and other activities one hour before each show and stay after for milk and cookies.
Recommended for children aged 5-12 but
created with the entire family in mind.
“It’s a little known secret some fairies change color when the seasons turn and that is how I first met the purple fairies.”
Come and enjoy an afternoon listening to stories and some of Canada’s finest musicians. Storyteller/Musician Samantha Whelan Kotkas and her friends will entertain you and your children with musical interactive tales of child accessible hikes in the Rocky Mountains.
The 5o minute performance will feature all new material from the children’s CD more rocky mountain fairy tales. This album features music composed by Calgarian drummer Tyler Hornby and art work by Banff artist Lynne Huras.
Teach your child about courage, unity, joyfulness and caring in an afternoon of fun and adventure. An event for the whole family that you will want to be a part of.
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“Our entire family loved the show. Samantha's boundless energy captivated all the children in the audience. We can’t wait to see her next show.”
Pro Musica Parent
Concert Co-Sponsors
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