| ABOUT | SCHEDULE | TICKETS | SPONSORS |
2007 - 2008 Concert Series
Presented by
Tuesday, October 9
Encounter with Stradivari 2007
7:30 p.m.
National Gallery of Canada Theatre
380 Sussex Drive
Tokyo String Quartet
- Tokyo String Quartet (Martin Beaver, Kikuei Ikeda, Kazuhide Isomura, Clive Greensmith): Strad "Paganini Quartet"
- Akiko Suwanai: Strad 1714 violin "Dolphin"
- Sayaka Shoji: Strad 1715 violin "Joachim"
- Arabella Steinbacher: Strad 1716 violin "Booth"
- Viviane Hagner: Strad 1717 violin "Sasserno"
- Erik Schumann: Strad 1722 violin "Jupiter"
- Tamaki Kawakubo: Strad 1736 violin "Muntz"
- Danjulo Ishizaka: Strad 1696 cello "Lord Aylesford"
- Yumiko Urabe: Piano *Strad 1696 viola "Archinto" generously loaned from the Royal Academy of Music in London.
- Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola No.1 in G, KV.423
- Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola No.2 in B-flat, KV.424
- Pablo De Sarasate: Navarra for two Violins, Op.33
- Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz
- Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major for 4 Violins, 2 Violas and 2 Violoncellos, Op.20 - leggierissimo
Our 2007-08 season opens with this unique chamber music concert featuring twelve Stradivarius violins from the renowned collection of the Nippon Music Foundation, played by world renowned musicians such as the Tokyo String Quartet. Presented by the Ottawa Chamber Music Society in collaboration with the National Arts Centre and the Nippon Music Foundation, and supported by the Nippon Foundation and the Embassy of Japan in Canada.
Friday, December 7
Bach and Beyond
8 p.m.
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
82 Kent Street
moderntimes_1800
-
moderntimes_1800
- Direction: Ilia Korol
- Andreas Helm - oboe
- Ilia Korol - violin
- Piroska Batori - violin
- David Drabek - violin
- Jan Krigovsky - violin
- Peter Sestak - viola
- Ruth Claire Pottinger-Schmidt - cello
- Norbert Zeilberger - harpsichord
- Natalia Grigorieva - piano
- Johann Gottlieb Janitsch: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden, Quartet g minor for oboe, violin, viola and basso continuo
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto a minor, BWV 1041, for violin, strings and basso continuo
- Alfred Schnittke: Quintet (1972-1976) for piano, two violins, viola and cello
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Double Concerto c minor, BWV 1060, for violin, oboe, strings and basso continuo
moderntimes_1800
moderntimes_1800, a chamber ensemble based in Innsbruck, Austria, brings together international specialists in historical performance and music of the 20th century. This unique Austrian chamber orchestra utilizes instruments and playing styles of the period in which each work was created.
Tuesday, December 11
Tierras Juntas
7 p.m.
Dominion Chalmers United Church
355 Cooper Street
Tierras Juntas
-
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
- Saúl Bitrán - violin
- Arón Bitrán - violin
- Javier Montiel - viola
- Alvaro Bitrán - cello
-
EntreQuatre
- Carlos Cuenda - guitar
- Carmen Cuello - guitar
- Manuel Paz - guitar
- Jesús Prieto - guitar
View programme (PDF - 220kb)
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Emerson String Quartet
8:00 p.m.
Dominion Chalmers United Church
355 Cooper Street
Emerson String Quartet
- Eugene Drucker - Violin
- Philip Setzer -Violin
- Lawrence Dutton - Viola
- David Finckel - Cello
- Leos Janacek: String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"
- Kaija Saariaho: "Terra Memoria"
- Johannes Brahms: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1
The Emerson String Quartet, winner of eight Grammy awards including two for best "Best Classical Album", returns to Ottawa for the first time since 2005 with a program of classic quartets and new composition by acclaimed Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Mozart Piano Quartet
8:00 p.m.
Dominion Chalmers United Church
355 Cooper Street
Mozart Piano Quartet
- Mozart Piano Quartet
- Paul Ravinius - piano
- Mark Gothoni - violin
- Harmut Rhode - viola
- Peter Hörr - cello
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16
- Mel Bonis: Piano Quartet in B-flat Major, No. 1
- Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60
The Mozart Piano Quartet presents a program that includes Beethoven's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16; Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor Op. 60; and a rarely heard quartet by French composer, Mel Bonis.
Monday, March 17, and Tuesday, March 18, 2008
New Music in New Places
8:00 p.m.
Maxwell's Bistro and Club
340 Elgin Street
- Victor Herbiet - saxophone
- Jan Järvlepp - electric guitar/guitare électrique, cello/violoncelle
- Andrew Mah - guitar/guitare
- Ioan Harea - violin/violon
- Laura Nerenberg - violin/violon
- Christian Vachon - violin/violon
- Lana Tomlin - viola/alto
- Adrian Cho - double bass/contrebasse
- Claudia Cashin-Mack - piano
- Frédéric Lacroix - piano
- Doreen Taylor-Claxton - soprano
| Programme | |
|---|---|
| Violets are Blue (premiere/création) |
Frédéric Lacroix
1974 -
|
| Victor Herbiet, Frédéric Lacroix, Ioan Harea | |
| Moonscape |
Jan Järvlepp
1953 -
|
| Victor Herbiet, Jan Järvlepp | |
| Nova Scotia Tartan | Frédéric Lacroix |
| Doreen Taylor-Claxton, Frédéric Lacroix | |
| In Memoriam: Dmitri Shostakovich (premiere/création) |
Colin Mack
1957 -
|
| Claudia Cashin-Mack, Ioan Harea, Laura Nerenberg, Jan Järvlepp | |
| intermission / entracte | |
| The Serendipity of May |
Curtis James Perry
1988 -
|
| Claudia Cashin-Mack, Ioan Harea, Christian Vachon, Lana Tomlin, Jan Järvlepp | |
| Dissolution (premiere/création) |
Duncan Schouten
1983 -
|
| Frédéric Lacroix | |
|
Beneath the Halos of a Feathered Moon - Songs of Peace
I. Beyond the Shattered Fields
III. The Inner Life of Clouds
|
Roddy Ellias
1949 -
|
| Doreen Taylor-Claxton, Andrew Mah, Ioan Harea, Christian Vachon, Lana Tomlin, Jan Järvlepp | |
| Father and Son (premiere/création) |
Eldon Rathburn
1916 -
|
| Frédéric Lacroix, Adrian Cho | |
| Tango à trois |
Victor Herbiet
1980 -
|
| Victor Herbiet, Frédéric Lacroix, Ioan Harea | |
Be mesmerized by chamber music with a twist presented in two concerts at the funky Maxwell's Bistro. New Music in New Places presents contemporary chamber music of Ottawa composers in a relaxed and laid back venue. The presence of the composer adds an interesting facet to these concerts. Presented in co-operation with the Canadian Music Centre.
©2002-2007 Ottawa Chamber Music Society.