CMC Prairie Region

SSO 18/19: Forecasting the Canadian Wind
2018-09-14 20:00 - 22:00, 2018-09-15 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0C8, Canada
Our Canada: Forecasting the Canadian Wind spans the nation and beyond in the creation and presentation of new works by five Canadian composers in collaboration with five Canadian wind quintets who are partnered with five international wind quintets, thereby initiating a worldwide network of wind chamber musicians to push the boundaries of the repertoire for this ensemble of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and French horn.
Five Canadian wind quintets are each paired with a composer—Fifth Wind (Halifax, NS) with Emily Doolittle (Nova Scotia/Scotland); Choros (Montreal, QC) with Carmen Braden (Northwest Territories); Blythwood Winds (Toronto, ON) with Daniel Janke (Yukon Territory); Mistral 5 (Saskatoon, SK) with Cris Derksen (Northern Alberta/Ontario); and Ventos (Vancouver, BC) with Cameron Wilson (Vancouver, BC)—in this innovative pan-Canadian project.
The compositions are being developed over the course of seven months, November 2017 to May 2018. The development process includes simultaneous week-long workshops, each quintet with their composer. The quintets will document the workshops in order to share them with one another, allowing all five quintets access to the five composers, saving both time and costs in a true cross-Canada collaboration. The five quintets then have five months to rehearse all five new compositions.

SSO 18/19: Rachmaninoff Romance
2018-09-22 19:30 - 21:30 | TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0C8, Canada
SSO 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 of romanticism to Rachmaninoff’s incredible second Piano Concerto. His sunniest symphony of all, Brahms’ lovable 2nd Symphony is a true masterpiece and the continuation of our Brahms Cycle.
Canadian Dinuk Wijeratne’s musical explosion Yatre opens the season with an explosion of orchestral colour!

CPO 18/19: Worlds Collide
2018-09-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-09-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Jack Singer Concert Hall, 205 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 0K9, Canada
Proclaimed 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 works that journey into the realm of magic!

ESO 18/19: Mozart & Bruckner
2018-09-28 20:00 - 22:00, 2018-09-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, T5J 4X8, Canada
Mozart’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.
