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SSO 18/19: Rachmaninoff Romance
TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaSSO opens its 2018/2019 season with two of the greatest pieces of music ever written! At the tender age of 19, Tony Yike Yang has already garnered himself an international reputation for being one of the next great piano virtuosos. A Laureate of the International Chopin Competition, Yang brings his technical prowess and innate sense [...]
CPO 18/19: Worlds Collide
Jack Singer Concert Hall 205 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, CanadaProclaimed the “Father of Symphonies,” Joseph Haydn changed the course of history with his mastery of orchestral writing — power, drama, and élan which we hear in this, his final symphony. It pairs evocatively with JUNO nominated composers Larysa Kuzmenko’s Behold the Night and Vincent Ho’s highly anticipated The Sandman’s Domain: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra — two enchanting [...]
ESO 18/19: Mozart & Bruckner
Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, CanadaMozart’s final concerto, Bruckner’s final symphony—works inspired by the unexpected and the divine. James Campbell, our clarinet soloist is from Leduc—a dear friend of the ESO.
ESO 18/19: Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto
Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, CanadaBeethoven’s career-making concerto is matched by Vaughan Williams’ unconventional, yet beautiful elegy to the dead of The Great War. Hatzis’ evocative work was inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
SSO 18/19: We Will Remember
TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaTo mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, the SSO is exploring the music of solider composers and two great works written in response to the war. Each movement of Ravel’s timless Le tombeau de Couperin is dedicated to a friend he lost in war, many of whom were friends and collaborators [...]
SSO 18/19: Merry Christmas, Stephen Leacock
TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaChamber opera by Neil Wiesensel A co-production with Saskatoon Opera Known for his gentle satire on small town life, Stephen Leacock wrote the short story “Merry Christmas” as his own cry against the horrors of World War I and the inescapable robbing of innocence that war brings. Leacock is visited by two spirits over the [...]
ESO 18/19: Ravel, Shostakovich & Stravinsky
Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, CanadaA tribute to a pair of WWI veterans and a experimentation with neo-baroque techniques are sure to make this an unforgettable performance. The ESO moves perfectly from reverence to mischief in this outstanding musical display.
SSO 18/19: Ravel Piano Concerto
TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaA concert that plans to jazz up your January: Milhaud’s jazz-infused take on the creation of the world is a perfect pairing for Ravel’s incredible piano concerto. Regina Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Gordon Gerrard makes his SSO debut. Saskatoon’s own Godwin Friesen returns to the SSO as winner of the Shurniak Concerto Competition. His playing [...]
WNMF 2019: Bramwell Tovey conducts John Adams
Centennial Concert Hall 555 Main Street,, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaWinnipeg New Music Festival 2019: Saturday subscribers take in the opening night of the festival with Bramwell Tovey conducting John Adams’ Harmonielehre – the work that first opened the festival in 1991.
ESO 18/19: Elgar’s Violin Concerto
Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, CanadaPerformed by ESO Concertmaster Robert Uchida, Elgar’s thoughtful concerto has become a musical standard. Outgoing Symphony Nova Scotia Music Director Bernhard Gueller champions a work written for his orchestra by Sri Lankan-Canadian Dinuk Wijertane.