On Sunday, October 30, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., listeners across the country will be treated to an exceptional musical experience. Eight concerts will be broadcast from eight cities chosen for the vitality of their arts scenes and their specific musical traditions. Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Banff and Vancouver will each be showcased in turn, drawing on the world-class talent of leading Canadian musicians.
This special Canada in Concert day will be offered to the European Broadcasting Union so that 75 years of Canadian public radio can be celebrated aboard.
Vancouver Sings - A Celebration of CBC's 75th Anniversary |
Quebec City - Les Violons du Roy with Karina Gauvin, soprano
on
Friday, October 7th at 8:00 p.m. at the Raoul-Jobin Concert Hall
Divine Karina
Les Violons du Roys
Bernard Labadie, director
Karina Gauvin, soprano
music by Porpora, Rigel, Mozart and Haydn
www.violonsduroy.com
Banff - Cecilia Quartet and Friends
Recorded on Friday, June 17th 7:30 p.m. at the Banff Centre Rolston Recital Hall
Quartet Plus
Cecilia String Quartet
Geoff Nuttal, violin
Adrian Fung cello
Jamie Parker, piano
Richard Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio Dvorak: Piano Quintet
A cross generational concert, the Cecilia Quartet, winners of the 10th international String Quartet Competition in Banff team up here with
veteran chamber musicians Geoff Nuttall and James Parker and with cellist Adrian Fung of the Afiara Quartet. (Co-production with Banff International String Quartet Competition BISQC)
www.banffcentre.ca
Toronto - Prima Donna
on Monday, October 3rd at the Glenn Gould Studio
-Isabel Bayrakdarian
-Marianne Fiset
-Aline Kutan
-Julie Bouliane
in concert with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Debus
Ottawa - James Ehnes, violin, and Jan Lisiecki, piano
Recorded on
Monday, August 1st 7:00 p.m. at the Dominion-Chalmers United Church
CBC/Radio-Canada 75th Anniversary Concert Celebration
James Ehnes, violin
Jan Lisiecki, piano
Internationally recognized violinist James Ehnes teams up with Canada's international prodigy, Jan Lisiecki for solo and chamber works . A co-presentation with the Ottawa Chamberfest
www.chamberfest.com
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Halifax - A Celebration of Elizabeth Bishop
in Halifax on Sunday August 24th
AT THE FISHHOUSES - A celebration of Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Suzie LeBlanc, David Greenberg, Tempest, Harry Thurston Sun, August 28, 4 pm, 'Musique Saint Bernard' in Weymouth
Personnel: Tempest Baroque Ensemble:
David Greenberg, director & violin Karen Langille, violin Kirsty Money, viola Hilary Brown, cello
with featured artists: Suzie LeBlanc, soprano Harry Thurston, reader Alex Weimann, harpsichord
Repertoire:
Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro (Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741) Flow my tears (John Dowland, 1563-1626) Sinfonia from Act 2 of Orfeo (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643) Aria BWV 57 "Ich wünschte mir den Tod" (J. S. Bach, 1685-1750) "See, see we assemble" from King Arthur (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695) Chaconne "Le Feu" (J.-F. Rebel, 1666-1747) Total time 1st half: ~30'
INTERVAL
Exultate Jubilate (W. A. Mozart, 1756-1791) Hymn to the Virgin poem (Bishop) Rorate coeli desuper (anonymous, words by William Dunbar, c.1460-1520) Cape Breton poem (Bishop) The Silken Water is Weaving and Weaving (2011) (Alasdair MacLean) Gloomy Winter (fiddle solo)/En Montant la rivière (song)/Cape Breton Medley (arr. Greenberg) --------
www.tempestbaroque.ca
Winnipeg - Highlights of the 2011 Winnipeg New Music Festival
Recorded in January 2011
Highlights from Winnipeg's New Music Festival from January 2011
Alexina Louie - O magnum mysterium - in memoriam Glenn Gould - 18:29 (Canadian)
Avner Dorman - Not the Shadow - 19:55 (American)
Luke Nickel - L'eoile Noyee - 6:28 (Young composer composition winner)
Kelly Marie Murphy - Murmuration (CBC Commission)
Montreal - Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven's 9th Symphony
on September 7,9,10 8:00 p.m at l'Adresse symphonique
Ode to Joy - Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal
Kent Nagano, director
ERIN WALL, soprano MIHOKO FUJIMURA, mezzo-soprano SIMON O'NEILL, tenor MIKHAIL PETRENKO, bass OSM CHORUS TAFELMUSIK CHOIR
www.osm.ca
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