• Linda Catlin Smith, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    About The Concert Superstar violinist Timothy Chooi performs Bruch’s vibrant Scottish Fantasy for Violin, a work bursting with energy that was based on four folk tunes the composer found in a collection of Scottish music. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 is bursting with rich, emotional moments, and features a charming pizzicato movement. Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith describes her [...]

  • ESO 18/19: Prior’s New Violin Concerto

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, 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.

  • ESO 18/19: Szymanowski Violin Concerto

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Under-represented works by masters (Beethoven & Mendelssohn) join fiery 20th century works, all under the hand of CPO Music Director Rune Bergmann.

  • ESO 18/19: Elgar’s Violin Concerto

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Performed 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.

  • ESO 18/19: Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Beethoven’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.

  • ESO 18/19: Mozart & Bruckner

    ESO 18/19: Mozart & Bruckner

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, 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.

  • ESO 18/19: Mozart & Bruckner

    ESO 18/19: Mozart & Bruckner

    Winspear Centre 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW, Edmonton, AB, 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.

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