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Concerts, Arts & culture

L'Ensemble Sinfonia


Date & time
Saturday, November 29, 2014
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Cost

25$ (15$ students and senior 65+, 12 years and less free)

Organization

L'Ensemble Sinfonia

Where


Room Oscar peterson Concert Hall

Program - Northern Music:

Johannes Brahms (1833- 1897), Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a.  Also called  Saint Anthony Variation, The work was published in two versions: for two pianos, and for orchestra. Almost without exception, the eight variations follow the phrasal structure of the theme and, though less strictly, the harmonic structure as well. Each has a distinctive character, several calling to mind the forms and techniques of earlier eras, with some displaying a mastery of counterpoint seldom encountered in Romantic music.

Carl August Nielsen (1865- 1931), Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Op. 57. Eschewing the large classical concerto form, Nielsen has cast the Clarinet Concerto in one continuous movement, with four distinct theme groups. Despite the storm and stress in the concerto, the composer has kept his forces down almost to chamber music proportions. In addition to the solo clarinet, the only other instruments called for in the score are two bassoons, two horns, snare drum and strings. With:

Francois Laurin-Burgess, clarinetist.  Having been unanimously accorded a First Prize at the Quebec Conservatory of Music in Montreal in 2013, François Laurin-Burgess then had the privilege of perfecting his art with Joaquin Valdepenas at the Glenn Gould School of the royal conservatory in Toronto.  Last summer, Francois was invited to the 5th Carl Nielsen International clarinet Competition in Danemark and to the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival of the Yale summer school of music in Connecticut

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 was first performed by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society on 8 March 1902, with the composer conducting.  In Finland, this popular work with its grandiose finale was connected by some with the struggle for Finland's independence, even being popularly dubbed the "Symphony of Independence", as it was written at a time of Russian sanctions on Finnish language and culture.

Tickets are available for 25$ (15$ students and senior 65+, 12 years and less free).

Please visit website for tickets

http://www.ensemblesinfonia.com/Billetterie.html

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