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2020-2021 Season
ECLE CT I C
Ro l f B e rts ch , A rtistic Di rector
S unday af ternoons at 3 p.m.
St. Stephen’ s Anglican Church
1121 14th Avenue SW, Calgary
Free Neighb ourhood Pa rking
concerts
CELLISSIMO - THE IN MEMORY OF A GREAT ARTIST
CELLISTS ARE COMING! March 14, 2021
October 4, 2020
TOP BRASS
FINDING YOUR VOICE April 18, 2021
November 8, 2020
SEVEN
WHIM & FURY - May 16, 2021
GOING FOR BAROQUE!
December 6, 2020 The ISC is pleased to offer performance
opportunities to outstanding young
STICKS & BOWS musicians. Come hear and support them at
2:45 preceding our main concerts.
January 10, 2021
Resonance
& Resilience
February 28, 2021
3 4
CELLISSIMO -
October 4 2020 THE CELLISTS ARE COMING!
An all too rare gathering of amazing CPO cellists - not to be missed!
Performers
David Morrissey • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello
Arnold Choi • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello
Josué Valdepeñas • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello
Kathleen de Caen • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello
Daniel Poceta • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello
Program
Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 134 Serge Prokofiev
Sonata No. 10 in G Major for 2 Cellos Jean Barriere
Suite for 2 Cellos, Op. 22 Julius Klengel
Moses Variations on One String for 2 Cellos Nicolo Paganini
INTERMISSION
Divertimento in D Major for 3 Cellos Franz Josef Haydn
Marche Militaire Franz Schubert
Feierliches Stuck Richard Wagner
Pur ti Miro Claudio Monteverdi
Adagio Tomaso Albinoni
5 6November 8 2020
A presentation of musical landscapes of composers
whose mentors helped to shape the compositional FINDING YOUR VOICE
voices we clearly know today. We are exploring and
sharing the influence these mentors had and how
those relationships helped forge their own unique and
strong voices. Nadia Boulanger:
“The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.”
Perhaps the most notable to mention is Nadia
Boulanger, who was really a mentor of modern “Nothing is better than music, when it takes us out of time,
composition. There is a long list of great composers it has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.”
that studied with her including Astor Piazzolla, Aaron “It’s always necessary to be yourself - that is a mark of genius in itself.”
Copland, Igor Stravinsky and Quincy Jones. Many “Your music can never be more, or less, than you are as a human being.”
unique voices indeed!
The musical selections take the listener on a varied
journey of the intimate subtleties and colours of Performers
Claude Debussy, the harmonically rich expressions
of Samuel Barber, and the intense rhythm and heat of Beth Root Sandvoss • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello
Astor Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango while gaining both Nan Hughes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • mezzo-soprano
an understanding and reflection on the power of the Susanne Ruberg-Gordon • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • piano
positive relationship between mentor and student.
Program
Three Pieces for Cello and Piano Nadia Boulanger
Ariettes Oubliees Claude Debussy
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6 Samuel Barber
INTERMISSION
Poems of Emily Dickinson Aaron Copland
Le Grand Tango Astor Piazzolla
The Sound of Music Oscar Hammerstein
My Favourite Things
Bill
Comedy Night
Send in the Clowns Stephen Sondheim
Losing My Mind
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
7 8Early eighteenth-century Italy had two very eccentric WHIM & FURY -
December 6 2020 virtuoso violinists making waves in its social and
GOING FOR BAROQUE!
musical circles. Francesco Maria Veracini was said
to have great “whim and caprice” and Francesco
Geminiani was called ”the furious” by their
contemporary Giuseppe Tartini. Both composers To celebrate and highlight the contrast of these styles, violinist Sarah
were heavily influenced by the celebrated Arcangelo Douglass and harpsichordist Justin Luchinski present a selection of their
Corelli—Geminiani studied with him directly, while chamber music repertoire with a nod to their predecessor Corelli.
Veracini used his style as a model, particularly for
his earlier works—though the sensitive, volatile
personalities of these artists shine through in their
Performers
music to make their styles undoubtedly their own. Sarah Douglass • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • baroque violin
Justin Luchinski • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • harpsichord
Program
Sonata Op. 4, No. 5 / hpsd trans. Francesco Saviero Geminiani
Pièces de Clavecin
Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin
in B-flat Major
Sonata Op. 5, No. 9 in A Major Arcangelo Corelli
(with Geminiani’s Ornaments)
INTERMISSION
Sonata Op. 1, No. 1 Francesco Maria Veracini
Sonata Op. 2, No. 5
Dissertazioni Sopra l’Opera Quinta
del Corelli, No. 3
9 10January 10 2021 STICKS & BOWS
Cello and marimba - an unusual combination of instruments on paper.
In practice, however, they form an intuitive and unexpected sonic world
of timbre, colour and character that makes for an evocative and unique
listening experience. Kathleen and Tim, two accomplished musicians
committed to excellence and sharing music worth sharing, take this
combination of instruments and the audience on a musical journey from
the old and familiar (Bach) to sentimental (Golijov) to powerful rhythmic
and technological feats (Akiho), in a program of bold and exciting music.
Performers
Timothy Borton • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • percussion
Kathleen de Caen • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello
Program
Adagio, 1st mvt from Sonata No. 2 in D major for J. S. Bach
Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, BWV1028
21 Andy Akiho
Rose of Sharon from Song of “Almah” Andrew Beall
Spirit and the Dust Dinuk Wijeratne
(New Commission - World Premiere)
INTERMISSION
Stuttered Chant David Lang
Boris Kerner Caroline Shaw
Mariel Osvaldo Golijov
Folk Suite Jason Noble
11 12February 28 2021 RESONANCE & RESILIENCE
Join CPO flutist and musical wellness leadership coach Gwen Klassen,
pianist Akiko Tominaga and Gwen’s daughters Jemma Jones and
Brianna Jones for an interactive afternoon of exploration of archetypal
human stories in music that creates beauty, meaning and belonging
within us.
Performers
Gwen Klassen • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • flute
Jemma Jones • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • bass
Brianna Jones • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • soprano
Akiko Tominaga • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • piano
Program
Works by Debussy, Schulhoff, Ewazen, Handel, Roussel, Damare,
Sperger and more…
13 14March 14 2021
Finding a harmonious balance between music and
life is very important for a musician. It is a constant
I N M E M O R Y O F A G R E AT A R T I S T
struggle between dreams and reality, hopes and
frustrations, self-realization and dedication, darkness
and light. Life is a difficult trial, and it is rather a short
journey. Artists, who do not give up trying to find some Performers
wisdom in rising above selfish thoughts and actions,
may gradually become endowed with the power of Olga Kotova • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • violin
profound positive impact on souls, and thus leave Olena Kilchyk • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • cello
positive memories and gratitude to posterity. Dmitry Nesterov • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • piano
The program reflects aspirations for the sublime
(Bach) and pictures from everyday life (Gliere). The Program
second half depicts a great artist’s life - with its joys,
sorrows, legacy and mourning for the loss of a dear
friend.
Largo from Sonata for Organ in C Major BWV 529 J. S. Bach
(arr. by Samuil Feinberg)
Toccata in G Major BWV 916 J. S. Bach
Huit Morceaux, Op. 39 for Violin and Cello R.Gliere
INTERMISSION
Piano Trio, Op. 50 “In Memory of a Great Artist” P.I.Tchaikovsky
15 16April 18 2021 TOP BRASS
This concert brings together the CPO’s “Top Brass” in a varied and
compelling program that displays their remarkable virtuosity and
sensitivity!
Performers
Miranda Canonico • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • trumpet
Adam Zinatelli • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • trumpet
Rob McCosh • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • horn
James Scott • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • trombone
Tom McCaslin • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • tuba
Program
Sonatine Eugene Bozza
Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 J.S. Bach
Morning Music David Sampson
Sextet Oskar Böhme
17 18May 16 2021 SEVEN
Since the 17th century, composers from Schutz to Haydn to MacMillan
have written classical choral treatments of the seven last sayings of
Christ on the cross.
The Quintet presents “Seven”, a nine movement instrumental jazz work,
including compositional and improvisational elements and fusing
influences from multiple genres in order to shine a new light on this
ancient, but still very current, subject.
Join this remarkable jazz pianist and her quintet in this wordless
expression and meditation on the profound themes that have
preoccupied mankind throughout time.
Performers
The Tricia Edwards Quintet
Tricia Edwards • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • piano
Cedric Blary • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • woodwinds
Kodi Hutchinson • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • bass
Andre Wickenheiser • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • trumpet & flugelhorn
Raul Gomez Tabera • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • drums & percussion
Program
Seven Tricia Edwards
19 20ART & MUSIC FRIENDS Ticket Prices
Single Tickets
Adult $25
Senior $20
Student $20
(with valid photo ID)
“Kalimba Duet” by Lynne Hunter-Johnston
Youth $20
(13-17)
The ISC brings the warmth of chamber music to Child Free
health-care settings. We are pleased to launch “Art & (12 years and under)
Music Friends” pairing musicians and visual artists
to provide interactive programming at the Alberta
Children’s Hospital Mental Health Patient Care Unit. Full Season Subscription
This program aims to engage at-risk youth through
creative expression. The ISC gratefully acknowledges Adult $160
the Rozsa Foundation for its generous support of
this initiative. A huge welcome to Scott Carey as our Senior $128
program coordinator, and special thanks to our host at
ACH, Alyson Dutchak (Childlife Specialist) and to the
Student $128
(with valid photo ID)
ACH volunteer staff.
Youth $128
To learn more about these programs or to support ISC (13-17)
Outreach, please contact Erin Thrall at
education1@instrumentalsociety.ca Child Free
(12 years and under)
21 22Phone 1-844-598-1273
email info@instrumentalsociety.ca
office c/o St. Stephen’s Anglican Church
1121 14th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2R 0P3
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