CMC Prairie Region

WSO18/19: Holst: The Planets, with Imagery from NASA’s Great Observatories
2019-03-29, 2019-03-30 | Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1C3, Canada
This special program pairs Holst’s The Planets with John Estacio’s effervescent Borealis trilogy. Guest host astronomer José Francisco Salgado brings his fantastic collection of imagery from NASA’s great observatories.

SSO 18/19: Eroica
2019-04-27 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, 35 – 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0C8, Canada
Is it possible that the thumping opening chords of Beethoven’s third symphony changed the history of music?
Considered one of the greatest and most popular orchestral works ever written, Beethoven’s Eroica is a symphonic masterpiece and it’s steeped in myth. Did Beethoven really change its dedication? Did audiences really find its strange modulations and violent transitions unsettling?
We open the night with Beethoven’s Contradances for orchestra. You’ll hear the composer working through his early sketches of ideas for his third symphony.
The night features the SSO’s Principal Flute Sarah Yunji Moon in a thrilling concerto by audience favourite Christos Hatzis. Departures requires a fearless flutist of the highest caliber–and its the perfect way for us to showcase her remarkable playing!

ESO 18/19: Prior's New Violin Concerto
2019-06-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, T5J 4X8, Canada
Alex’s concerto is the product of his close friendship with his colleague Simone Porter. Estacio’s work was inspired by his first sight of the northern lights after moving to Alberta. And Schoenberg, herald of the modern era, was a great admirer of “Brahms the Progressive,” as he called him.
