The Banff International String Quartet Competition

BISQC: Schedule
Schedule - August 27 - September 3, 2007
Aug 27 - 12:00 (12:30 NT) Studio Sparks Live from The Banff Centre with guest host Katherine Duncan

Hour 2 will feature selected tracks from Bruce Cockburn, recorded Live at the Banff Centre August 09, 2007

Aug 28 - 12:00 (12:30 NT) Studio Sparks Live from The Banff Centre with guest host Katherine Duncan

Hour 2 will feature selected tracks from Bruce Cockburn, recorded Live at the Banff Centre August 09, 2007

Aug 29 - 12:00 (12:30 NT) Special Live from The Banff Centre with host Katherine Duncan

Featuring performances from the Recital Round Day 1 recorded August 28. Special guests including competition director Barry Shiffman and CBC guest commentator Geoff Nuttall (St. Lawrence String Quartet)

Aug 30 - 12:00 (12:30 NT) Special Live from The Banff Centre with host Katherine Duncan

Featuring performances from the Recital Round Day 2 recorded August 29 with interviews, background and features. Guest commentator Geoff Nuttall. More guests including John Largess (Miro Quartet) and Phillp Ying (Ying Quartet). Live studio performance from the Jasper Quartet, Banff's Quartet in the Community for BISQC 2007.

Aug 31 - 12:00 (12:30 NT) Special Live from The Banff Centre with host Katherine Duncan

Featuring selected performances from the Romantic Round recorded August 30th. Guests including Canadian composer Kelly Marie Murphy. At 1:30 (2:00 NT) - Live from the Eric Harvie Theatre - Hear the World Premiere of Kelly Marie Murphy's "Dark Energy", co-commissioned for the 9th BISQC by the CBC and The Banff Centre.

Sept 1 - Beginning at 10:30 MTN (1:30 ET) - Web Exclusive on radio2.cbc.ca - Live from The Banff Centre

Beethoven or Schubert round. All Ten Quartets. Announcement of the four quartets moving on to Sunday Finals.

Sept 2 - Beginning at 7:30 PM MTN (10:30 PM ET) - Web Exclusive on radio2.cbc.ca - Live from The Banff Centre

The four quartet finalists will perform Webern’s Six Bagatelles, Opus 9, followed by either a quartet from Beethoven Opus 18 or one of the 10 celebrated Mozart quartets (K.387, K.421, K.428, K.458, K.464, K.465, K.499, K.575, K.589, K.590) in this exhilarating final round of the six day competition.

Sept 3 - 8:00 PM (8:30 NT) Canada Live special from The Banff Centre with host Katherine Duncan

Featuring the winning performance from the final round, and selected highlights from the week of competition.

Schedule of Guests is subject to change.

 

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