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Rolf Bertsch, Artistic Director Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m. St. Stephen’s Anglican Church 1121 14th Avenue SW, Calgary Free Neighbourhood Parking ECLECTIC 2020-2021 Season

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IN MEMORY OF A GREAT ARTISTMarch 14, 2021

TOP BRASS April 18, 2021

SEVENMay 16, 2021

CELLISSIMO - THE CELLISTS ARE COMING! October 4, 2020

FINDING YOUR VOICENovember 8, 2020

WHIM & FURY - GOING FOR BAROQUE!December 6, 2020

STICKS & BOWSJanuary 10, 2021

Resonance & ResilienceFebruary 28, 2021

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The ISC is pleased to offer performance opportunities to outstanding young musicians. Come hear and support them at 2:45 preceding our main concerts.

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David Morrissey • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • celloArnold Choi • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • celloJosué Valdepeñas • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • celloKathleen de Caen • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • celloDaniel Poceta • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello

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T H E C E L L I S T S A R E C O M I N G !

Performers

An all too rare gathering of amazing CPO cellists - not to be missed!

Serge ProkofievJean BarriereJulius Klengel

Nicolo Paganini

Franz Josef HaydnFranz Schubert

Richard WagnerClaudio Monteverdi

Tomaso Albinoni

Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 134Sonata No. 10 in G Major for 2 CellosSuite for 2 Cellos, Op. 22Moses Variations on One String for 2 Cellos

Divertimento in D Major for 3 Cellos Marche Militaire Feierliches Stuck Pur ti MiroAdagio

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Nadia BoulangerClaude Debussy

Samuel Barber

Aaron CoplandAstor Piazzolla

Oscar Hammerstein

Stephen Sondheim

Three Pieces for Cello and PianoAriettes OublieesSonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6

Poems of Emily Dickinson Le Grand Tango The Sound of MusicMy Favourite ThingsBillComedy Night Send in the ClownsLosing My MindEverything’s Coming Up Roses

F I N D I N G Y O U R V O I C EA presentation of musical landscapes of composers whose mentors helped to shape the compositional voices we clearly know today. We are exploring and sharing the influence these mentors had and how those relationships helped forge their own unique and strong voices.

Perhaps the most notable to mention is Nadia Boulanger, who was really a mentor of modern composition. There is a long list of great composersthat studied with her including Astor Piazzolla, Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky and Quincy Jones. Many unique voices indeed!

The musical selections take the listener on a varied journey of the intimate subtleties and colours of Claude Debussy, the harmonically rich expressions of Samuel Barber, and the intense rhythm and heat of Astor Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango while gaining both an understanding and reflection on the power of the positive relationship between mentor and student.

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Nadia Boulanger:

“The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.”“Nothing is better than music, when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.”

“It’s always necessary to be yourself - that is a mark of genius in itself.”“Your music can never be more, or less, than you are as a human being.”

Performers

Beth Root Sandvoss • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • celloNan Hughes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • mezzo-sopranoSusanne Ruberg-Gordon • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • piano

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Francesco Saviero Geminiani

Arcangelo Corelli

Francesco Maria Veracini

Sonata Op. 4, No. 5 / hpsd trans. Pièces de Clavecin

Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin in B-flat Major

Sonata Op. 5, No. 9 in A Major (with Geminiani’s Ornaments)

Sonata Op. 1, No. 1Sonata Op. 2, No. 5Dissertazioni Sopra l’Opera Quinta

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W H I M & F U R Y - G O I N G F O R B A R O Q U E !

Early eighteenth-century Italy had two very eccentric virtuoso violinists making waves in its social and musical circles. Francesco Maria Veracini was said to have great “whim and caprice” and Francesco Geminiani was called ”the furious” by their contemporary Giuseppe Tartini. Both composers were heavily influenced by the celebrated Arcangelo Corelli—Geminiani studied with him directly, while Veracini used his style as a model, particularly for his earlier works—though the sensitive, volatile personalities of these artists shine through in their music to make their styles undoubtedly their own.

To celebrate and highlight the contrast of these styles, violinist Sarah Douglass and harpsichordist Justin Luchinski present a selection of their chamber music repertoire with a nod to their predecessor Corelli.

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Sarah Douglass • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • baroque violinJustin Luchinski • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • harpsichord

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J. S. Bach

Andy AkihoAndrew Beall

Dinuk Wijeratne

David LangCaroline Shaw

Osvaldo GolijovJason Noble

Adagio, 1st mvt from Sonata No. 2 in D major for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, BWV1028

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(New Commission - World Premiere)

Stuttered ChantBoris KernerMarielFolk Suite

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Cello and marimba - an unusual combination of instruments on paper. In practice, however, they form an intuitive and unexpected sonic world of timbre, colour and character that makes for an evocative and unique listening experience. Kathleen and Tim, two accomplished musicians committed to excellence and sharing music worth sharing, take this combination of instruments and the audience on a musical journey from the old and familiar (Bach) to sentimental (Golijov) to powerful rhythmic and technological feats (Akiho), in a program of bold and exciting music.

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Timothy Borton • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • percussionKathleen de Caen • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello

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Join CPO flutist and musical wellness leadership coach Gwen Klassen, pianist Akiko Tominaga and Gwen’s daughters Jemma Jones and Brianna Jones for an interactive afternoon of exploration of archetypal human stories in music that creates beauty, meaning and belonging within us.

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R E S O N A N C E & R E S I L I E N C E

Works by Debussy, Schulhoff, Ewazen, Handel, Roussel, Damare, Sperger and more…

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Gwen Klassen • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • fluteJemma Jones • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • bassBrianna Jones • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • sopranoAkiko Tominaga • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • piano

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J. S. Bach(arr. by Samuil Feinberg)

J. S. BachR.Gliere

P.I.Tchaikovsky

Largo from Sonata for Organ in C Major BWV 529

Toccata in G Major BWV 916Huit Morceaux, Op. 39 for Violin and Cello

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Piano Trio, Op. 50 “In Memory of a Great Artist”

Finding a harmonious balance between music and life is very important for a musician. It is a constant struggle between dreams and reality, hopes and frustrations, self-realization and dedication, darkness and light. Life is a difficult trial, and it is rather a short journey. Artists, who do not give up trying to find some wisdom in rising above selfish thoughts and actions, may gradually become endowed with the power of profound positive impact on souls, and thus leave positive memories and gratitude to posterity.

The program reflects aspirations for the sublime (Bach) and pictures from everyday life (Gliere). The second half depicts a great artist’s life - with its joys, sorrows, legacy and mourning for the loss of a dear friend.

Performers

Olga Kotova • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • violinOlena Kilchyk • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • celloDmitry Nesterov • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • piano

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Eugene BozzaJ.S. Bach

David SampsonOskar Böhme

SonatineViolin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041Morning MusicSextet

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This concert brings together the CPO’s “Top Brass” in a varied and compelling program that displays their remarkable virtuosity and sensitivity!

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Miranda Canonico • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • trumpetAdam Zinatelli • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • trumpetRob McCosh • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • hornJames Scott • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • tromboneTom McCaslin • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • tuba

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Tricia EdwardsSeven

Since the 17th century, composers from Schutz to Haydn to MacMillan have written classical choral treatments of the seven last sayings of Christ on the cross.

The Quintet presents “Seven”, a nine movement instrumental jazz work, including compositional and improvisational elements and fusing influences from multiple genres in order to shine a new light on this ancient, but still very current, subject.

Join this remarkable jazz pianist and her quintet in this wordless expression and meditation on the profound themes that have preoccupied mankind throughout time.

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The Tricia Edwards QuintetTricia Edwards • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • pianoCedric Blary • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • woodwindsKodi Hutchinson • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • bassAndre Wickenheiser • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • trumpet & flugelhornRaul Gomez Tabera • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • drums & percussion

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$25

$160

Adult

Adult

$20

$128

Senior

Senior

$20

$128

Student(with valid photo ID)

Student(with valid photo ID)

$20

$128

Youth(13-17)

Youth(13-17)

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Free

Child(12 years and under)

Child(12 years and under)

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The ISC brings the warmth of chamber music to health-care settings. We are pleased to launch “Art & Music Friends” pairing musicians and visual artists to provide interactive programming at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Mental Health Patient Care Unit.

This program aims to engage at-risk youth through creative expression. The ISC gratefully acknowledges the Rozsa Foundation for its generous support of this initiative. A huge welcome to Scott Carey as our program coordinator, and special thanks to our host at ACH, Alyson Dutchak (Childlife Specialist) and to the ACH volunteer staff.

To learn more about these programs or to support ISC Outreach, please contact Erin Thrall at [email protected]@instrumentalsociety.ca

“Kalimba Duet” by Lynne Hunter-Johnston

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