Ottawa Chamber Music Society

Schedule subject to change without notice.

Douglas Burden

12:00 noon / Friends in Low Places
Tabaret Hall

Donald Renshaw - trombone
Douglas Burden - bass trombone
Nicholas Atkinson - tuba
Judith Ginsburg – piano

Music by Shostakovich, Boismortier and Lebedev

Denise Djokic

12:00 noon / Chamber Music of Brahms IV
Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Renée-Paule Gauthier - violin
Yuval Gotlibovich - viola
Denise Djokic - cello
Marc-André Hamelin – piano

Brahms - Sonata in F major for Cello and Piano, opus 99
Brahms - Quartet in A major for Piano and Strings, opus 26

2:00 p.m. / Tribute to R. Murray Schafer I
Church of St. John the Evangelist

Molinari String Quartet
Marie-Annick Béliveau - mezzo-soprano
Eleanor James – soprano

Schafer - String Quartet No. 8; Aubade for Solo Trumpet; Early Songs; Beauty and the Beast

The first concert in a two-concert tribute to one of Canada's most creative and internationally respected composers.

5:00 p.m. / Baroque Sonatas
First Baptist Church

David Greenberg - baroque violin
Marie Bouchard – harpsichord

6:00 p.m. / Young People's Concert - "Meet the String Quartet"
St. Giles Presbyterian Church

St. Lawrence String Quartet

Emma Kirkby

8:00 p.m. / Emma Kirkby
Christ Church Cathedral

Pass-Plus Concert

Emma Kirkby - soprano
Theatre of Early Music

Bach - Cantata 82, Ich habe genug
Handel - Operatic Arias

Emma Kirkby remains one of the world's great sopranos and one of the supreme interpreters of early music.

8:00 p.m. / Complete opus 18 Beethoven Quartets I
Tabaret Hall

Axelrod Quartet:
Marc Destrubé - violin
Marilyn McDonald - violin
Steven Dann - viola
Kenneth Slowik - cello

Jean Desmarais

8:00 p.m. / The Great Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown I
Church of St. John the Evangelist

Jean Desmarais - piano
Stephen Sitarski - violin
Sophie Drouin - violin
Sally Benson - viola
Leah Wyber - cello
Peter Longworth - piano
Jody Applebaum - soprano
Marc-André Hamelin - piano
Bel Canto Wind Quintet
and others...

Music of Satie, Stravinsky, Debussy, MacDowell, Rathburn and others.

This year we are delighted to present two concerts in conjunction with the National Gallery's exhibit "The Great Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown"

Judy Loman

8:00 p.m. / Tribute to R. Murray Schafer II
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

St. Lawrence String Quartet
Judy Loman - harp
Eleanor James – soprano

Schafer - Tanzlied for Soprano and Harp (world premiere), String Quartet No. 2; Thesius for Harp and String Quartet

Paul Brodie

8:00 p.m. / Paul Brodie - "From Sacred to Jazz"
Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Paul Brodie - soprano and alto saxophones
Glen Montgomery – piano

Works by Bach, Schubert, Bizet, Marcello, Piazzolla, Piazzolla, Fauré, Euday Bowman and Rudy Weidoeft

Paul Brodie is considered the most recorded concert saxophonist in the history of the instrument. Warren Beatty featured his saxophone playing on the soundtrack of his academy award-winning film "Heaven Can Wait".

11:00 p.m. / Fretwork with Daniel Taylor
Church of St. John the Evangelist

Daniel Taylor - countertenor
Fretwork

Consort songs by Lawes, Gibbons and Dowland