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2007
Pass-Plus Concerts

Schedule subject to change without notice.

Piano Pass
Beethoven Pass
Others
Saturday, July 21
Gala Opening Concert - Daniel Müller-Schott with Angela Hewitt
8:00 p.m.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Piano Pass
  • Piano Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Daniel Müller-Schott – cello
  • Angela Hewitt – piano
  • Bach: Gamba Sonata in D major, BWV 1028
  • Beethoven: Sonata in G minor, opus 5, no. 2
  • De Falla: Seven Spanish Songs
  • Franck: Sonata in A major
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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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Piano Pass
  • Piano Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Louis Lortie – piano
  • Hélène Mercier – piano
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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Piano Pass
  • Piano Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Angela Hewitt – piano
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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Beethoven Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Moscow String Quartet
  • String Quartet in G major, opus 18, no. 2
  • String Quartet in A major, opus 18, no. 5
  • String Quartet in E minor, opus 59, no. 2
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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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Beethoven Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Shanghai Quartet
  • String Quartet in F major, opus 18, no.1
  • String Quartet in C minor, opus 18, no. 4
  • String Quartet in C-sharp minor, opus 131
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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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Gryphon Trio
  • Maryem Tollar – vocalist
  • Simon Shaheen – oud/Arabic violin
  • Hugh Marsh – electric violin
  • Jamey Haddad – percussion
  • Ernie Tollar – winds
  • Lynn Kuo – violin
  • Michael Occhipinti – guitar
  • Roberto Occhipinti – bass
  • Kathleen Kajioka – violin
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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Piano Pass
  • Piano Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Augustin Dumay – violin
  • Louis Lortie – piano
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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet
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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Piano Pass
  • Piano Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Augustin Dumay – violin
  • Louis Lortie – piano
The second tribute to Grieg and Schumann by two exceptional musicians.
Monday, Jul 30
Beethoven String Quartets III
8 p.m.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Beethoven Pass
  • Beethoven Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • St. Lawrence String Quartet
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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Beethoven Pass
  • Beethoven Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Chirch
  • Leipzig String Quartet
  • String Quartet in E-flat major, opus 18, no. 3
  • String Quartet in F minor, opus 95, Serioso
  • String Quartet in E-flat major, opus 59, no.1
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The renowned Leipzig String Quartet plays three quartets from Beethoven’s middle and late periods.
Thursday, August 2
Nancy Argenta
5 p.m.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
Christ Church Cathedral
  • Nancy Argenta – soprano
  • Theatre of Early Music
Thursday, August 2
Louis Lortie
8:00 p.m.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Piano Pass
  • Piano Pass
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Louis Lortie – piano
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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Beethoven Pass
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
  • Leipzig String Quartet
  • String Quartet in C major, opus 18, no. 6
  • String Quartet in F major, opus 74
  • String Quartet in E-flat major, opus 127
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Friday, August 3
Handel Arias
5 p.m.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
Christ Church Cathedral
  • Nancy Argenta – soprano
  • Agnes Zsigovics – soprano
  • Daniel Taylor – countertenor
  • Charles Daniels – tenor
  • Peter Harvey – baritone
  • Theatre of Early Music
Friday, August 3
Beethoven String Quartets VI
8 p.m.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
  • Beethoven Pass
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
  • Leipzig String Quartet
Saturday, August 4
Purcell Odes
2 p.m.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Nancy Argenta - soprano
  • James Bowman - countertenor
  • Daniel Taylor - countertenor
  • Charles Daniels - tenor
  • Peter Harvey - baritone
  • Theatre of Early Music
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.
  • Pass Plus
  • Pass Plus
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
  • Nancy Argenta - soprano
  • James Bowman - countertenor
  • Daniel Taylor - countertenor
  • Charles Daniels - tenor
  • Peter Harvey - baritone
  • Theatre of Early Music
  • Joanna G'froerer - flute
  • Kimball Sykes - clarinet
  • Charles Hamann - oboe
  • Christopher Millard - bassoon
  • Lawrence Vine - horn
  • Victor Herbiet - saxophone
  • Fredéric Lacroix - piano
  • Tristan Lauber - piano
  • Stéphane Lemelin - piano
  • Trio Scherzando
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.