2014-2015 SeasonPaul Schieman - Founder and Artistic Director

Concertos in a Grand Tradition II

Sunday, March 15, 2015Robertson-Wesley United Church, Edmonton

The Alberta Baroque EnsembleConduCtor: Paul Schieman - Steven and Day LePoole Chair

Violin I: Susan Flook - Gail Andrew Chair Anna Kozak - Joan Marshall Chair Joanna Ciapka - Esther Ondrack Chair Laura Veeze - Kenneth and Connie Marshall Chair

Violin ii: Heather Bergen - Mark and Nancy Heule Chair Neda Yamach - John and Leni Honsaker Chair James Cockell - R. June S. Menzies Chair Kate Svrcek - Gail Gates Chair

Viola: Jeanette Comeau - Robert and Margaret Iveson Chair Andrew Bacon - Clara Dyck and Elizabeth Taylor Chair

Cello: Colin Ryan - Christopher Head Chair Ronda Metszies - Howard and Nanette Spragins Chair

Bass: Janice Quinn - John Boyd Chair

Harpsichord: Tammy-Jo Mortensen - Peter and Gail de Vos Chair

Business Manager: Janet Schieman - Doug and Carol McCallum Chair

Additional player:Bassoon: Edith Stacey

Next Alberta Baroque Ensemble Concert

Haydn and CompanySunday, April 19, 2015, 3p.m.

Robertson-Wesley United Church

Music by Haydn, Benda, Mozart

Featuring Robert Uchida - violin

Concerto “La Cetra”Alessandro Marcello (1684 - 1750)

Allegro assai - Larghetto - Vivace

Concerto in A Major for Harpsichord BWV 1055Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Allegro - Larghetto - Allegro ma non tantoJeanne Yang - harpsichord

Concerto in C Minor for Cello, Strings and Continuo RV 401

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Allegro non molto - Adagio - Allegro ma non moltoRonda Metszies - cello

Intermission (15 minutes)

Concerto in A Minor for Two Oboes, Strings and Continuo RV 536

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Allegro - Largo - AllegroLidia Khaner & Dan Waldron - oboes

Concerto in B Flat Major for Trumpet, Strings and Continuo Op.7 No.3

Tomasso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)

Allegro - Adagio - AllegroRobin Doyon - trumpet

Concerto Grosso in G Major Op.6 No.1Georg Friedrich Handel (1685 - 1759)

A tempo giusto - Allegro

Concerto in D Major for Trumpet, Two Oboes, Strings and Continuo

Georg Phil ipp Telemann (1681 - 1767)

Allegro - Adagio - Aria - AllegroRobin Doyon - trumpet, Lidia Khaner and Dan Waldron - oboes

Guest PerformersJeanne Yang, harpsichord, currently a second year doctoral student at the University of Alberta. Previous studies include a Master of Music in piano from McGill University, Master of Music in trumpet from the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Veterinary Medicine in Animal Welfare from National Taiwan University. Jeanne is the most recent recipient of the Alberta Baroque Ensemble Scholarship at the University of Alberta.

Ronda Metszies was born and raised in Edmonton, where she studied cello with Sheila Laughton. After receiving her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Victoria, she continued her studies in Edmonton with Tanya Prochazka and then in Germany and Austria, where she worked with Julius Berger, Friedrich Sellheim and Heinrich Schiff. Before moving back to Edmonton, she was living in Los Angeles, where she performed regularly at the University of Southern California and in several local chamber music recital series. In addition to playing with the ESO, Ronda has a special interest in early music. She has appeared as a featured soloist with both the Edmonton Symphony and the Alberta Baroque Ensemble.

Lidia Khaner has performed as Principal Oboe with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra since 1996. She studied oboe in her native Poland at the Warsaw Academy of Music and graduated With Distinction in 1987. As a member of the Sinfonia Varsovia and the Polish Chamber Orchestra she toured the world playing both orchestral parts and solo concerts. During a sabbatical she studied in Germany at the Stuttgart Hochshule fur Musik with Ingo Goritzki and played with the Deutsche Kammerakademie. Lidia has performed and recorded solo concerti with the Alberta Baroque Ensemble and soloed with the Edmonton Symphony and the Edmonton Chamber Orchestras.

Daniel Waldron graduated from the Artist Diploma program of the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. His oboe teachers were James Mason and Richard Dorsey.In 2010 he attended the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. Daniel is an alumnus of the National Academy Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Daniel spent his childhood and teenage years in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He lives in Edmonton with his wife Chelsea, and performs with the Edmonton Symphony as a casual musician.

A native of East Angus, Québec, Robin Doyon was appointed Principal Tumpet of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in September 2008. He received his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Classical Interpretation at the University of Montréal with Jean-Luc Gagnon. He has studied with many masters of the trumpet, including Allen Vizzutti, Jens Lindemann, and James Thompson. In 2002 he was Laureate of the National Music Festival, the Montréal Symphony Orchestra Competition, and the Radio-Canada Young Artists Competition.

The Alberta Baroque Music Society Board of DirectorsElizabeth Taylor, President Marion Boyd, Past President Nancy Heule, ViCe President Richard Haagsma, treasurer

Christopher Head, seCretary Vince Anderson Heather Huska Jason Baxter Susan Flook Michael Lundquist Sandi Darrell

The Alberta Baroque Music Society StaffFounder and artistiC direCtor, Paul SchiemanBusiness Manager, Janet E. Schieman ProduCtion Manager, Marian Brantstage Manager, Charlene Roche

Honorary Lifetime Members Of The Alberta Baroque Music SocietyJoan Ivany Clara Dyck Elizabeth Taylor Steven LePooleGail Gates

Community PartnershipThe Alberta Baroque Music Society has teamed up with a local

restaurant: Normand’s Restaurant on Jasper Avenue. Present your concert ticket on the evening of the concert at this fine restaurant and

receive 10% off you meal cost. Reservations are recommended.

Gift Card Door Prizes courtesy of The Gramophone

7913-104 Street, Edmonton

GRANTS

The Alberta Baroque Ensemble Endowment Fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts a beneficiary of the Lottery Fund of the Government of Alberta

The City of EdmontonThe Edmonton Arts CouncilThe Kathy Hogan Viola/Violin Memorial

Fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation

DoNATioNS

(as of January February 28, 2015)

SPoNSoR ($2,000 +)

BDO Canada LLPDr. Robert BomanTerry and Dawne Carlyle

Strathcona OrthodonticsThe Edmonton Journal Christopher HeadNancy and Mark Heule*Steven and Day LePooleWirth Institute of Austrian and

Central European Studies at the University of Alberta

BeNeFAcToR ($1,000 - $1,999)

Dr. Gail AndrewDr. and Mrs. J. J. Boyd*Alice ChapmanLouise CharachClara DyckGail GatesLeni and John HonsakerIBM CanadaInland Cement Ltd.Robert and Margaret IvesonDoug and Carol McCallumR. June S. MenziesRobert and Kathryn MerrettEsther OndrackElizabeth TaylorJane WellensMichael and Eliana Zaugg

PATRoN ($500 - $999)

Drs. Barb and Jim Beck*Sandi DarrellRichard and Anne FeildenMaggie LaingJoan MarshallAlan MatherConnie and Kenneth MarshallDrs. Don and Valerie MasseyBob and Tanice NicholJohn ObergHoward and Nanette SpraginsTELUSLynn Ziegler

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Geoff and Janet AllcockVince AndersonSid and Esmat BilassyPeter BrandonBrenda DaleSheila A. GoodingChris GrahamRae and Pat GrahamFrank and Ruth HendersonJerry and Michele Iwanus*Edwin and Sylvia KlarenbachLoretta KlarenbachAlbin ShanleyDouglas VickLew and Valerie WarkeW.G. WhiteNicholas Wickenden

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Barbara AllenHalfdan BaadsgaardDiana BaconVivien BosleyJanet M. ClarkJoyce M.ClarkPaul and Diana CrumpSheila DechantKathleen DaintithMelanie DuhaimeLenore B. Erickson

Charlene FarrLois FieldDiane R. GagnonLea HalinenMarguerite Hampton &

Laurie ParkAdam HedingerHenriette van HeesMary Hogan

in memory of Kathy HoganDr. Robin InskipMary JohnsonMartin KatzSalma and Zaheer LakhaniPeter LemaGitte LindsayLynn MalinRoderick and Elaine MacleodCecily MillsSheila and Edward MozejkoFrank and Netta PhilletIrma RowlandsJohn and Fran ScotvoldLise and Dave SmithDonna ThomasYolanda van WalhemHoward and Adeline Hall

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Gail and David AllenMarjorie AndersonNancy AustJohn BuchanAnthony BuchananKathryn BuchananLinda BumsteadJoan CartmellPenny CoatesMarilyn DarwishAlbert de VosElizabeth DoktorSheila and Terry DyckDr. Evelyn EllermanHolly GilmourDoris GoetzColeen and Alfred Falk

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Mrs. Norlene SwinnertonEkhard and Briditte TillerLorene TurnerTrudy VelichkaInge VermeulenBev Wardell

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John and Marion Boyd

*sustaining donor

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The Alberta Baroque Music Society receives support from:

Concert Sponsors

Season Sponsor

Steven and Day LePoole

Media Sponsor

Solo Sponsors

Print Media Sponsor

A Lehigh Hanson Canada Company

Maggie LaingRobin Doyon

Lynn ZieglerLidia Khaner & Dan Waldron