Tue Aug 6 19:00
Echo Chamber: A World Transformed
“A World Transformed” shares the story of Matthew Shepard, a young man from Laramie, Wyoming who was killed because of his sexuality. His death was pivotal to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, sparking global action and change. Echo Chamber brings this story to life through contemporary dance and chamber music, choreographed by acclaimed Canadian dance makers William Yong and Laurence Lemieux, and featuring tenor Marcel d’Entremont, mezzo-soprano Andrea Ludwig, pianists Dakota Scott-Digout and Jeanie Chung, violinist Aaron Schwebel, and dancers Laurence Lemieux and Zachary Cardwell. This immersive Echo Chamber performance presents a daring and ultimately touching combination of music and dance as one integrated expression. Sharing both deep grief and a hopeful belief in the power of individuals to bring about positive change in the world, “A World Transformed” spans centuries and genres, from Dido’s Lament to Reflection from Disney’s Mulan.
- Echo Chamberstring ensemble and dance
- Andrea Ludwigmezzo-soprano
- Marcel d’Entremonttenor
- Zachary Cardwelldancer
- Laurence Lemieux dancer, choreographer
- Aaron Schwebelviolin
- Dakota Scott-Digoutpiano
- Jeanie Chungpiano
- William Yongchoreographer
Programme
Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907)
An den Frühling, from Lyriske stykker, Op. 43
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)
Let Beauty Awake, from Songs of Travel
Jean Coulthard (1908 – 2000)
Innocence, from Six Irish Songs for Maureen
Roger Quilter (1877 – 1953)
3 Songs, Op. 3, No.1: Love’s Philosophy
Matthew Wilder (b. 1953) & David Zippel (b. 1954)
(arr. M. d’Entremont)
Reflection
Jake Heggie (b. 1961)
Facing Forward, from Facing Forward / Looking Back
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
June, from The Seasons, Op. 37a
Traditional
(arr. B. Britten)
The Last Rose of Summer
Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)
Now the leaves are falling fast, from On This Island, Op. 11
Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)
Three Songs, Op. 10, No. 3: I hear an army
Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)
When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas, Z626
B. Britten
I have trod the upward and the downward slope, from Songs of Travel
Intermission
Stephen Reynolds (b. 1947)
Chanson d’Automne
Norbert Palej (b. 1977)
Dark Lullaby, from The Poet and the War
R. Quilter
Come Back!, from Two Songs
Phyllis Batchelor (1915 – 1999)
Autumn
Leslie Adams (b. 1932)
For You There Is No Song
Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)
Leiermann/Täuschung aus “Die Winterreise”, von Franz Schubert
Joni Mitchell (b. 1943)
(arr. S. Hsu)
Both Sides Now
John Lennon (1940 – 1980) and Paul McCartney (b. 1942)
(arr. B. Finley)
Blackbird
Shirley Eikhard (1955 – 2022)
(arr. M. d’Entremont)
It Takes Time
Frank Wildhorn (b. 1958)
If I had my way
Paul Simon (b. 1941)
(arr. D. Scott-Digout)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Experience five spectacular programs on our Signature Series, featuring large-scale collaborations between world-renowned musicians at Ottawa’s Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. The 2024 Signature Series is generously sponsored by Bytek Volkswagen & Carling Volvo.
This series celebrates Canada’s world-class standard in chamber performance, featuring core string ensembles, solo piano, brass and vocal ensembles, and more! Taking place at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, these concerts are generously supported by Marina Kun (of Ottawa-based and internationally loved Kun Shoulder Rests).
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