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Bringing the World Stage to Regina www.cecilianchamberseries.ca
A Message from the
Artistic and Executive Director
The Cecilian Chamber series is excited
to present new musical adventures
for our appreciative and growing
audience. The season will open
October 3 with international opera
star, Canadian baritone, Russell Braun;
and in November you can experience
the imaginative, energetic and unique
ensemble that is the Akropolis Reed
Quintet.
Lore Ruschiensky
Artistic/Executive DirectorIn 2020 we join the world in
celebrating the 250th birthday of
Ludwig van Beethoven. In January Rob Kapilow presents
“What Makes It Great” as National Public Radio’s popular
commentator and presenter goes inside the music and unravels
the Appassionato Sonata. Rob will be joined by Regina’s own
Katherine Dowling in a performance of this great work. In
March the Horszowski Trio presents piano trios in “Beethoven
250 – Still Crazy After All These Years”. The season is rounded
out with the Tesla Quartet presenting Beethoven string quartets
in “Beethoven, Benefactors and the Russian Connection”. And
stay tuned for more exciting Beethoven birthday celebration
concerts in fall of 2020.
The Cecilian Chamber Series continues its commitment to
the community with the Music For Your Soul program, artists
presenting masterclasses as well as Benvenuto and seniors'
concerts. Please check out our website for these and other
special events.
Classical music continues to be alive and relevant. The
experience of hearing great music presented by World
Stage artists in the beautiful setting of Knox-Metropolitan
United Church will fill your soul. In the words of Beethoven
“It must be!"
I am excited about the new season – I hope you are too!
Lore Ruschiensky
Artistic and Executive Director
Thank You!
2019 | 2020 Season Sponsors
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Season at a Glance SUBSCRIPTION SERIES CONCERTS RUSSELL BRAUN, BARITONE with CAROLYN MAULE, PIANO The Singer and the Song Sunday, October 6, 2019 | 3:30 pm AKROPOLIS QUARTET Under the Influence Sunday, November 3, 2019 | 3:30 pm ROB KAPILOW with KATHERINE DOWLING, PIANO What Makes It Great? The Appassionato Sonata Sunday, January 12, 2020 | 3:30 pm HORSZOWSKI TRIO Still Crazy after all These Years Sunday, March 1, 2020 | 3:30 pm TESLA QUARTET Beethoven, Benefactors and the Russian Connection Sunday April 5, 2020 | 3:30 pm Above performances are held at KNOX-METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCH 2340 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK Community Connections The Cecilian Chamber Series connects with the community: • Masterclasses for students • The Music For Your Soul program • “Benvenuto” sensory sensitive concerts • Senior’s Homes Concerts • and pre-concert performances Check the website for details about these special events throughout the season.
With
Carolyn Maule,
piano
RUSSELL BRAUN, BARITONE
Sunday, October 6, 2019 | 3:30pm
The Singer and the Song
Renowned for his luminous voice “capable of the most
powerful explosions as well as the gentlest covered notes,”
(Toronto Star) baritone Russell Braun is joined by pianist
Carolyn Maule to perform a lieder and song recital that
highlights Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love), one of Robert
Schumann’s most famous song cycles.
Braun rightfully claims his place on the concert, opera and
recital stages of the world. Juno Award winner and Officer
of the Order of Canada, his intelligent and thoughtful
portrayals have captivated audiences at the Metropolitan
Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, the
Royal Opera, Covent Garden, the Los Angeles Opera,
Teatro alla Scala, and at the Salzburg and Glyndebourne
festivals.
PROGRAM
Felix Mendelssohn: “Venezianisches Gondellied”,
“Die Liebende schreibt”, “Neue Liebe”
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe,
Oskar Morawetz: Father William
Gabriel Fauré: L’horizon chimérique
Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe: “Erlkönig” Tom der Reimer,
“Der Zauberlehrling”
"Mr. Braun and Ms. Maule materialized profoundly touching
moments that could tear your heart out.”
Program subject to change
– Calgary Herald
Photo © Lauren Landry
AKROPOLIS REED QUINTET
Sunday, November 3, 2019 | 3:30pm
Under the Influence
Kari Landry, clarinet Andrew Koeppe, bass clarinet
Ryan Reynolds, bassoon Matt Landry, saxophone
Tim Gocklin, oboe
Exploding with infectious energy and intensity, the Akropolis
Reed Quintet takes listeners on extraordinary musical
adventures, offering audiences, presenters, and music students
of all ages engaging, exemplary performances of both new
and traditional repertoire. Winners of the Fischoff Gold Medal
(2014), the quintet is hailed for its “imagination, infallible
musicality, and huge vitality." Akropolis has performed from
Juneau to Abu Dhabi and conducts extensive educational
programs.
In “Under the Influence,” Akropolis presents classical music
bearing a wide array of influences, from rock and electronic
music to jazz, tango, chant, and folk songs. Each work absorbs
the characteristics of a different genre, style, or era, and then
creates fresh, relevant music, reflecting upon the original and
looking forward.
PROGRAM
Marc Mellits: Splinter
Nico Muhly: Look For Me
Piazzola (arr. Christopher Rueda): Libertango
David Biedenbender: Refraction
Gershwin (arr. Hekkema): An American In Paris
“All of the music… is remarkable for the sheer joy that it
elicits from the exceptional ARQ musicians… Blend, balance,
unanimity of pitch and phrasing: all are perfect.”
Program subject to change
– Fanfare Magazine
Photo © Peter Schaaf
With
Katherine Dowling,
piano
ROB KAPILOW
Sunday, January 12, 2020 | 3:30pm
What Makes it Great? –
Beethoven’s Appassionato Sonata
What makes great music great? Rob Kapilow takes listeners
inside the music: he unravels, slows down, and recomposes
key passages to hear why a piece is so extraordinary. “Not
since the late Leonard Bernstein has classical music had a
combination salesman-teacher as irresistible as Kapilow.... He’s
as lively as a top-flight sports announcer and as entertaining as
a stand-up comedian. But he’s also got substance in spades.”
"Great music rewards great listeners, and Rob Kapilow’s What
Makes It Great?® is about great listening." – Kansas City Star.
After an in-depth look at what makes the Appassionata Sonata
so timeless and exceptional, pianist extraordinaire, Katherine
Dowling will perform the work which is one of Beethoven’s
greatest and most technically challenging and tempestuous
piano sonatas.
PROGRAM
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23, The Appassionata
“Rob Kapilow, “Katherine Dowling -
classical music’s “crystalline performances,
greatest evangelist...” gestural expressiveness, and
– Boston Herald careful attention to color.”
Program subject to change
– New York Times
Photo © Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
HORSZOWSKI TRIO
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | 3:30pm
Still Crazy After All These Years –
Celebrating Beethoven's 250th Birthday
Jesse Mills, violin Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Rieko Aizawa, piano
Hailed by The New York Times as “impressive, lithe,
persuasive”, the Horszowski Trio has earned the praise of
critics and audiences alike. The Los Angeles Times raves
about the Horszowski Trio as an ensemble that is “memorably
monumental”. A critic at Gramophone wrote, “I long to hear
more of the Horszowski Trio.” The trio has performed tours
across the US, Canada, Japan, India and Europe including
London’s Wigmore Hall.
The trio will present Beethoven’s first published piano trio and
the Archduke Trio for which Beethoven insisted on playing the
piano part at its first performance. The exquisite Notturno of
Schubert, who was a great admirer of Beethoven, rounds out
the program.
PROGRAM
Schubert: Notturno, D. 897
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1-1
Beethoven: Piano Trio "Archduke" in B-flat Major
“The Horszowskis are power players.”
– The Los Angeles Times
Program subject to change
Photo © Dario Acosta
TESLA QUARTET
Sunday, April 5, 2020 | 3:30pm
Beethoven, Benefactors and
the Russian Connection
Ross Snyder, violin Michelle Lie, violin
Edwin Kaplan, viola Serafim Smigelskiy, cello
Praised for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of
everything they play” (the International Review of Music), the
Tesla Quartet brings refinement and prowess to new and
established repertoire. The quartet performs regularly across
North America, with recent international appearances in
Austria, China, Germany, Hungary, South Korea and the
United Kingdom.
They will present one of Beethoven’s most beloved string
quartets dedicated to the Russian ambassador to Vienna, Count
Razumovsky. “Variations on a Russian Theme,” written by ten
of Russia’s greatest composers offers the unique opportunity
to hear the distinct styles of many musical geniuses’. Rounding
out the survey of Russian romantics is Tchaikovsky’s exquisite
String Quartet No. 1.
PROGRAM
Rimsky-Korsakov: Variations on a Russian Theme
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2,
“Razumovsky”
“Though free to think and act, we are held together, like
the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties
cannot be seen, but we can feel them.”
Program subject to change
– Nikola Tesla
Celebrates
Beethoven’s 250th Birthday
throughout 2020
In the 2019|2020 season In the 2020|2021 season,
we present: OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY
Rob Kapilow with SEASON…
Katherine Dowling, piano Calidore Quartet with
– What Makes It Great? Arnold Choi and the
The Appassionato Sonata Schubert Quintet
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Yael Weiss – 32 Bright
Horszowski Trio – Still Clouds – Beethoven and
Crazy after all These Years Beyond!
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Tesla Quartet – Beethoven, …And More!
Benefactors and the
Russian Connection Details to be announced
Sunday April 5, 2020 at a later date.
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A. Russell Braun, Baritone with Carolyn Maule, piano
The Singer and the Song
Sunday, October 6, 2019 | 3:30 pm
B. Akropolis Quartet – Under the Influence
Sunday, November 3, 2019 | 3:30 pm
C. Rob Kapilow with Katherine Dowling, piano
What Makes It Great? The Appassionato Sonata
Sunday, January 12, 2020 | 3:30 pm
D. Horszowski Trio – Still Crazy after all These Years
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | 3:30 pm
E. Tesla Quartet – Beethoven, Benefactors and
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Sunday April 5, 2020 | 3:30 pm
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