2011-2012 Concerts
"Love"
Friday, September 23
7.30pm
Struggles of Love
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 by Robert Schumann
Romance for Viola and Piano by R. Vaughan Williams
Selected Pieces from the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" by Sergey Prokofiev
Elegy for Solo Viola by Igor Stavinsky
Sonata for Viola and Piano in Eb Major, Op 120 No 2 by Johannes Brahms
Caitlin Boyle, viola
Angela Park, piano
Virtuosic and sensitive Canadian pianist Angela Park returns with award-winning Cecilia String Quartet violist Caitlin Boyle. They bring the experience of their world travels and performance to this lush program of Brahms, Schumann, and other composers tortured by love...We are particularly happy to feature Caitlin who grew up next door in Dundas!
Wednesday, November 9
7.30pm
Brooding Composers
Piano Quartet in a minor (1876) by Gustav Mahler
Piano Quartet no 1 in g minor K 478 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet Op 25 in g minor by Johannes Brahms
Ensemble Made In Canada
Angela Park, piano
Elissa Lee, violin
Sharon Wei, viola
Rachel Mercer, cello
The four women of Canada's premier piano quartet, Ensemble Made In Canada, return for their debut tour with new violinist Elissa Lee. Canadian Elissa crosses the Atlantic from Germany where she is concertmaster in Cologne. The minor key brooding of Mozart, Brahms and Mahler feature on this intense and dramatic program.
Saturday, December 3
7.30pm
Special Benefit Concert
Details to be announced at the opening concert in September!
Sunday, January 22
3.30pm
String Extravaganza - Couples
Duo for viola and cello by Walter Piston
Two Chôros bis (1928) for violin and cello by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Three Madrigals for violin and viola by Bohuslav Martinu
Sextet No 1 in B flat major Op 18 by Johannes Brahms
Yehonatan Berick, violin
Csaba Koczó, violin
Theresa Rudolph, viola
Caitlin Boyle, viola
Rachel Mercer, cello
Rachel Desoer, cello
This extravaganza will feature each “couple” in a duo, followed by Brahms' exquisite Sextet in B flat major. Eight Strings Duo returns, joined by Canadian Opera Company and Toronto Symphony Orchestra players Theresa and Csaba, and lower voices of the Cecilia String Quartet – Caitlin and Rachel.
Saturday, April 7
7.30pm
Composers' Love Lives
3 Madrigale for violine and viola by Martinu
Partita Nr. 2, BWV 1004, for violin solo in d minor by Bach
Sonate pour viola solo (orig. violon) op. 27 Nr. 4 by Ysaÿe
Gran Duetto concertato a violino e viola op. 7 Nr. 2 in Es-Dur by Rolla
Akemi Mercer, violin
Dirk Niewoehner, viola
Another couple returns – two members of Trio Atlantik bring us a mixed program of solo and duo, violin and viola, from across the ages. Ranging from Bach to Rolla, we will learn of these fascinating composers' love lives.
Sunday May 27
3.30pm
For the Love of Music
Duo for cello and bass in D major by Gioachino Rossini
Solo sitar improvisation
New works for sitar, cello and bass by Anwar Khurshid, with Rachel Mercer and Joe Phillips
Anwar Khurshid, sitar
Rachel Mercer, cello
Joseph Phillips, bass
World renowned and Toronto-based sitar player Anwar Khurshid shares his love of music – all music – with artistic director Rachel and Orchestra London principal Joe - in this mixed program of traditional and classical Indian music, Western classical music, and a new original collaboration between both musics and all three musicians.
All programs subject to change
"Love"
Friday, September 23
7.30pm
Struggles of Love
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 by Robert Schumann
Romance for Viola and Piano by R. Vaughan Williams
Selected Pieces from the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" by Sergey Prokofiev
Elegy for Solo Viola by Igor Stavinsky
Sonata for Viola and Piano in Eb Major, Op 120 No 2 by Johannes Brahms
Caitlin Boyle, viola
Angela Park, piano
Virtuosic and sensitive Canadian pianist Angela Park returns with award-winning Cecilia String Quartet violist Caitlin Boyle. They bring the experience of their world travels and performance to this lush program of Brahms, Schumann, and other composers tortured by love...We are particularly happy to feature Caitlin who grew up next door in Dundas!
Wednesday, November 9
7.30pm
Brooding Composers
Piano Quartet in a minor (1876) by Gustav Mahler
Piano Quartet no 1 in g minor K 478 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet Op 25 in g minor by Johannes Brahms
Ensemble Made In Canada
Angela Park, piano
Elissa Lee, violin
Sharon Wei, viola
Rachel Mercer, cello
The four women of Canada's premier piano quartet, Ensemble Made In Canada, return for their debut tour with new violinist Elissa Lee. Canadian Elissa crosses the Atlantic from Germany where she is concertmaster in Cologne. The minor key brooding of Mozart, Brahms and Mahler feature on this intense and dramatic program.
Saturday, December 3
7.30pm
Special Benefit Concert
Details to be announced at the opening concert in September!
Sunday, January 22
3.30pm
String Extravaganza - Couples
Duo for viola and cello by Walter Piston
Two Chôros bis (1928) for violin and cello by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Three Madrigals for violin and viola by Bohuslav Martinu
Sextet No 1 in B flat major Op 18 by Johannes Brahms
Yehonatan Berick, violin
Csaba Koczó, violin
Theresa Rudolph, viola
Caitlin Boyle, viola
Rachel Mercer, cello
Rachel Desoer, cello
This extravaganza will feature each “couple” in a duo, followed by Brahms' exquisite Sextet in B flat major. Eight Strings Duo returns, joined by Canadian Opera Company and Toronto Symphony Orchestra players Theresa and Csaba, and lower voices of the Cecilia String Quartet – Caitlin and Rachel.
Saturday, April 7
7.30pm
Composers' Love Lives
3 Madrigale for violine and viola by Martinu
Partita Nr. 2, BWV 1004, for violin solo in d minor by Bach
Sonate pour viola solo (orig. violon) op. 27 Nr. 4 by Ysaÿe
Gran Duetto concertato a violino e viola op. 7 Nr. 2 in Es-Dur by Rolla
Akemi Mercer, violin
Dirk Niewoehner, viola
Another couple returns – two members of Trio Atlantik bring us a mixed program of solo and duo, violin and viola, from across the ages. Ranging from Bach to Rolla, we will learn of these fascinating composers' love lives.
Sunday May 27
3.30pm
For the Love of Music
Duo for cello and bass in D major by Gioachino Rossini
Solo sitar improvisation
New works for sitar, cello and bass by Anwar Khurshid, with Rachel Mercer and Joe Phillips
Anwar Khurshid, sitar
Rachel Mercer, cello
Joseph Phillips, bass
World renowned and Toronto-based sitar player Anwar Khurshid shares his love of music – all music – with artistic director Rachel and Orchestra London principal Joe - in this mixed program of traditional and classical Indian music, Western classical music, and a new original collaboration between both musics and all three musicians.
All programs subject to change
