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Piano Pass
Beethoven Pass
Others
Saturday, July 21
Gala
Opening Concert - Daniel Müller-Schott with
Angela Hewitt
8:00 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Ottawa native and legendary pianist Angela Hewitt, winner of the 2006
Gramophone Artist of the Year award, returns to open the 14th Ottawa
International Chamber Music Festival in a dazzling recital with acclaimed
German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott.
Monday, July 23
Piano Four-Hands: Grieg and Schumann
2 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Two internationally acclaimed pianists who have been playing
together for many years will enchant us with performances of four-hand repertoire by
Grieg and Schumann.
Monday, July 23
Angela Hewitt
8 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
World-renowned pianist
Angela Hewitt returns to her hometown to enchant
us with a recital of masterworks..
Tuesday, July 24
Beethoven String Quartets I
8 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
The first in a series of six concerts in which internationally acclaimed ensembles
present the complete cycle of Beethoven's seventeen string quartets. An event
not to be missed!
Thursday, July 26
Beethoven String Quartets II
8 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
The second in series of six Pass-Plus concerts, presenting all of Beethoven's
seventeen string quartets.
Friday, July 27
Crossings: A Musical Passage from West to East
8 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Originally produced by Music Toronto for the Chamber at Lula series. A program of music of
Middle-Eastern inspiration!
Saturday, July 28
Augustin Dumay and Louis Lortie
2 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Two phenomenal artists in the first of two recitals paying tribute to Grieg
and Schumann, giants of the romantic era.
Saturday, July 28
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
8 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Appearing for the first time at the festival, the Woodwind Quintet of
the legendary Berlin Philharmonic will perform works by Mozart,
Danzi, Ligeti, Hindemith and others.
Sunday, July 29
Augustin Dumay and Louis Lortie II
8:00 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
The second tribute to Grieg and Schumann by two exceptional
musicians.
Monday, Jul 30
Beethoven String Quartets III
8 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Enter the world of Beethoven’s final period with the
St. Lawrence Quartet playing Opus 130, Opus 132, and the Great Fugue, opus
133. An unforgettable evening with some of the greatest works in the string quartet
canon.
Wednesday, August 1
Beethoven String Quartets IV
8 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Chirch
The renowned Leipzig String Quartet plays three quartets from Beethoven’s
middle and late periods.
Thursday, August 2
Nancy Argenta
5 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
Thursday, August 2
Louis Lortie
8:00 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
One of Canada’s greatest pianists plays works of Schumann
and Grieg, on his very own stunning Fazioli grand piano!
Thursday, August 2
Beethoven String Quartets V
8 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
Friday, August 3
Handel Arias
5 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
Friday, August 3
Beethoven String Quartets VI
8 p.m.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Saturday, August 4
Purcell Odes
2 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
World famous countertenor James Bowman, star of opera stages and more
than 180 recordings, in his final appearance in Ottawa is joined by Daniel
Taylor, Nancy Argenta, Charles Daniels and Peter Harvey and
Theatre of Early Music in a programme of Purcell Odes.
Saturday, August 4
Gala Closing Concert: The Festival's Greatest Hits
8 p.m.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
We close the Festival with a gala concert that has become an annual tradition.
Among other works, this year's final concert will open with the Theatre of Early
Music and close with a performance of the superb but rarely heard Sextet for
Piano and Winds by Ludwig Thuille, performed by Stéphane Lemelin and the
winds of the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
©2002-2007 Ottawa Chamber Music Society.
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