Chamberfest 2013 Souvenir Programme

25.07 N 08.08

ChamberFEST OTTAWA 2013 OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE D’OTTAWA

Inspired by Song Inspiré par la chanson

Souvenir Programme English edition

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THU 25 JULY 7PM (P.6) The Swingle Singers 10PM (P.6) Montréal Guitare Trio

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National Gallery of Canada Ottawa City Hall

Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Day Planner

FRI 26 JULY

SAT 27 JULY

SUN 28 JULY

MON 29 JULY

12PM (P.6) Anton Kuerti/Kolja Lessing

12PM (P.9) Lute Legends Ensemble

11AM (P.12) National Treasure Spotlight

10AM (P.16) Chamber Chat

3PM (P.7) Bring the Kids!

1PM (P.9) Alfresco Concerts I

1PM (P.12) Alfresco Concerts III

11AM (P.16) The Music of Art

3PM (P.7) NACO Wind Quintet

3PM (P.9) Alfresco Concerts II

2PM (P.13) Rising Stars

12PM (P.17) The Seasons

7PM (P.8) G3@20: A Celebration

3PM (P.10) M. Beaver/P. Muzijevic

3PM (P.12) Alfresco Concerts IV

1:30PM (P.16) The Music of Art

10PM (P.9) What Makes it Great?

5:45PM (P.10) Siskind “Snapshots”

3PM (P.14) In Search of John Dowland

3PM (P.17) The Brahms Quartets

7PM (P.11) Marc-André Hamelin

5:45PM (P.15) Siskind “Snapshots”

3:30PM (P.16) The Music of Art

9:30PM (P.11) Luis Mario Ochoa Quintet

7PM (P.15) Sounds from the Sound

5:45PM (P.18) Siskind “Snapshots”

10:45PM (P.11) Van Django

9:30PM (P.15) Dowland in Dublin

7PM (P.18) Generation Next

10:45PM (P.16) Strungout51

10PM (P.19) Silencio: Journey into Silence

TUES 30 JULY

WED 31 JULY

THU 01 AUGUST

FRI 02 AUGUST

SAT 03 AUGUST

10AM (P.19) Chamber Chat

10AM (P.21) Chamber Chat

10AM (P.25) Chamber Chat

10AM (P.28) Chamber Chat

10AM (P.30) Chamber Chat

12PM (P.19) Tiberius Quartet/James Parker

12PM (P.21) Don’t Excite the Recollection

12PM (P.25) Chamberfest in the City

12PM (P.28) Element Choir Project

12PM (P.30) Balinese Echoes

3PM (P.20) Bring the Kids!

3PM (P.23) What Makes it Great?

12PM (P.25) The Awakened Rose

3PM (P.28) Bring the Kids!

12PM (P.30) Chamberfest in the City

3PM (P.20) The Zodiac Trio

5:45PM (P.23) Siskind “Snapshots”

3PM (P.25) ACE Workshop Master Class

3PM (P.28) Leipzig String Quartet

3PM (P.30) Y. Dyachkov/J. Saulnier

5:45PM (P.20) Siskind “Snapshots”

7PM (P.24) The Monteverdi Vespers

3PM (P.26) Leipzig String Quartet

5:45PM (P.29) Siskind “Snapshots”

5:45PM (P.31) Siskind “Snapshots”

7PM (P.21) Miró Quartet/Wallis Giunta

10PM (P.24) The Judgment of Paris

5:45PM (P.26) Siskind “Snapshots”

7PM (P.29) Quartango/M.-J. Lord

7PM (P.31) Pacifica Quartet/R. Wallfisch

7PM (P.26) National Youth Orchestra

10PM (P.29) H. Cazes with Sambacana

9:30PM (P.31) Jayme Stone

10PM (P.21) Jazz Night

7PM (P.27) Trio Solisti

10:45PM (P.32) Lemon Bucket Orkestra

10PM (P.27) Sarah Slean

SUN 04 AUGUST

MON 05 AUGUST

TUE 06 AUGUST

WED 07 AUGUST

THU 08 AUGUST

11AM (P.32) Source and Inspiration

10AM (P.34) Chamber Chat

10AM (P.40) Chamber Chat

10AM (P.43) Chamber Chat

12PM (P.46) Pallade Musica

3PM (P.33) Quotes and Reflections

12PM (P.36) New Music Now I

12PM (P.40) New Music Now IV

12PM (P.43) Elora Festival Singers

3PM (P.46) Cheng2 Duo

5:45PM (P.33) Siskind “Snapshots”

1:30PM (P.36) New Music Now II

1:30PM (P.40) New Music Now V

3PM (P.43) Bring the Kids!

7PM (P.47) Trumpets of the Angels

7PM (P.34) What Makes it Great?

3PM (P.37) New Music Now III

3PM (P.41) New Music Now VI

3PM (P.44) The Music of Art

9:30PM (P.34) Itinerant Gardens

5:45PM (P.37) Siskind “Snapshots”

5:45PM (P.41) Siskind “Snapshots”

5:45PM (P.44) Siskind “Snapshots”

10:45PM (P.34) Saskpower/Warhol Dervish

7PM (P.38) New York Polyphony

7PM (P.41) Ehnes and Armstrong

7PM (P.44) Gabriela Montero

10PM (P.38) ‘In the Dark’

10PM (P.42) Villains and Vixens

10PM (P.46) Florquestra

Venue Locations

Beechwood, the National Cemetary of Canada 280 Beechewood Ave. OCTranspo: 7

National Arts Centre of Canada 53 Elgin St. OCTranspo: Rideau Centre

Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier Ave. OCTranspo: Laurier 2A

Dominion-Chalmers United Church 355 Cooper St. OCTranspo: 1,2,4,7

National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Dr. OCTranspo: 1,9

Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts 310 Saint Patrick St. OCTranspo: 1,9

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Lucy van Oldenbarneveld

Greetings from the Artistic Director Of all musical instruments, how truly marvelous is the nature of the violin: for none other... contains such great diversity of sound, of harmony, and of melodic ornament; or best expresses the human voice, not only in song... but in speech itself: it imitates so well in those quick passages that, when a skilled hand comes to manage it, it is a thing of amazement.

So wrote Italian musicologist Giovanni Battista Doni, in 1640. It’s an elegant idea, revolutionary in its day, to measure instrumental music-making against the vast ranges of colour and tone expressed by the human voice.

Although in today's world it is possible to hear just about any instrument played with great virtuosity and expression, I believe the human voice remains supreme. It makes musicians of us all. It is why music touches everyone so deeply, across cultures: because we sing, and in singing transcend our condition. Singing is relief from labour, a balm to the nerves, quiet when we need quiet, and above all a celebration.

In selecting for this year’s festival, I returned again and again to these thoughts.

When instrumentalists create an especially beautiful phrase, we call it “singing.” Part of active listening is to perceive in music the narrative “voice” of the composer. It seemed only appropriate, then, to describe our theme for Ottawa Chamberfest 2013 as “inspired by song.”

Throughout, you’ll discover an array of vocal and choral gems that reach across centuries and traditions. From the songs of John Downland, that brilliant Elizabethan lutenist who celebrates his 450th birthday this year, to the lyric, often satirical, compositions of George Gershwin, Tom Lehrer, and others. From the deeply spiritual to the wholly improvisational. From the ancient east to the modern west. Wherever there’s voice, there is music to be shared and enjoyed.

Also throughout is the instrumental music-making that we call “chamber.” I would hope, while attending this year’s festival, our programme inspires you to reflect on what you hear: voice to violin, chant to cello, hymn to harp; perhaps in some small way to measure each against the other, and renew your experience of listening.

Viva voce! Long live voice! On behalf of the Ottawa Chamber Music Society, I welcome you to the 20th edition of Chamberfest.

Roman Borys Cellist, Gryphon Trio Artistic Director, Ottawa Chamber Music Society

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Anton Kuerti with Kolja Lessing Friday 26 July 12pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $30 Anton Kuerti piano Kolja Lessing violin Canada’s senior statesman of the piano, Anton Kuerti, and German violinist Kolja Lessing perform Mendelssohn’s rarely-heard Sonata for piano and violin in F minor, Op. 4; the world premiere of Carl Czerny’s unpublished and uncatalogued Sonata concertante in E flat major; and Kuerti’s 1998 composition Solo violin partita.

The Swingle Singers

Photo: Haydn Wheeler

The Swingle Singers Thursday 25 July 7pm Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $35 Joanna Goldsmith-Eteson soprano Sara Brimer soprano Clare Wheeler alto Oliver Griffiths tenor Christopher Jay tenor Kevin Fox baritone Edward Randell bass

Programme Song Without Words for violin and piano (arr. Czerny) Solo violin partita Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4 Adagio-Allegro moderato Poco adagio Allegro agitato

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) Anton Kuerti (b. 1938) Felix Mendelssohn

PAUSE Sonata Concertante in E flat Major

Carl Czerny (1791 – 1857)

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50th Anniversary Performance After half a century, the Swingle Singers are still at the cutting edge of a cappella. With 50 albums, five Grammy Awards, and more than 4000 performances, today’s seven young and versatile voices are better than ever. Featuring new commissions and plenty of surprises, the Swingle Singers invite Ottawa to celebrate their landmark anniversary.

Welch LLP generously sponsored this concert.

Montréal Guitare Trio

Kolja Lessing

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Thursday 25 July 10pm Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts Tickets $30 Sébastien Dufour guitar Marc Morin guitar Glenn Lévesque guitar The “hottest guitar ensemble in Canada” (CBC) returns to Chamberfest with a high-spirited Jazz and World Music programme that will surely bring you to your feet. MG3 delivers loads of infectious good humour and fully-engaged ensemble playing that skirts the four corners of the musical world.

The generous support of The Properties Group made this concert possible.

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Anton Kuerti

Photo: MartinTosoian

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Bring the Kids!

Montréal Guitare Trio Friday 26 July 3pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets FREE Sébastien Dufour guitar Marc Morin guitar Glenn Lévesque guitar

Around the World in 18 Strings Pack your bags and take a free afternoon guitar tour of the world.

Programme includes Garam Masala; Lochs of Dread; the theme from Psycho; Angolo (an interactive African jam with djembes, audience participation, and contest); and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Questions welcomed. Suitable for children 10 and up.

Montréal Guitare Trio

Photo: Caroline Laurendeau

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NACO Wind Quintet with Stéphane Lemelin Friday 26 July 3pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets $30 Stéphane Lemelin piano NACO Wind Quintet Joanna G’Froerer flute Kimball Sykes clarinet Charles Hamann oboe Christopher Millard bassoon Lawrence Vine french horn Pianist Stéphane Lemelin joins the principal players of the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s wind section for an afternoon performance of Maslanka’s Wind Quintet No. 3, Berio’s Opus Number Zoo, and Poulenc’s Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano in C major, FP 100.

Programme Wind Quintet No. 3 Slow-Moderate Moderate Very Fast

David Maslanka (b. 1943)

Opus Number Zoo Barn Dance The Fawn The Grey Mouse Tom Cats

Luciano Berio (1925 – 2003)

Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano in C major, FP 100 Allegro vivace Divertissement: Andantino Prestissimo

Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)

The National Arts Centre of Canada generously sponsored this concert.

Stéphane Lemelin

Photo: Jeff Ryan

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Gryphon Trio

Photo: Daniel Ehrenworth

G3@20: A Celebration Friday 26 July 7pm Festival Gala: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $29 (C) $35 (B) $47 (A)

Measha Brueggergosman

Photo: Mat Dunlap

Programme Francis Poulenc

Hôtel (‘Ma chambre a la forme d’une cage’) from ‘Banalités, FP 107, No. 2 Measha Brueggergosman

Francis Poulenc

L’anguille

Martin Beaver viola Measha Brueggergosman soprano Annalee Patipatanakoon violin Roman Borys cello James Parker piano

Measha Brueggergosman

Measha Brueggergosman and Martin Beaver Celebrating 20 years of sterling music making, Juno Award alumni Gryphon Trio join soprano superstar Measha Brueggergosman and Tokyo String Quartet first violin Martin Beaver (on viola!) for a gala evening that includes songs by Poulenc and a Porgy and Bess suite by Gershwin. Prepare to be wowed!

Programme Serenade in C major for String Trio, Op. 10 Marcia: Allegro Romanza: Adagio non troppo, quasi andante Scherzo: Vivace Tema con varizioni: Andante con moto Rondo (Finale): Allegro vivace

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Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 – 1960)

Francis Poulenc

C’est ainsi que tu es (‘Ta chair, d’âme mêlée’) from Métamorphoses, FP, 121 No. 2 Measha Brueggergosman

Francis Poulenc

Voyage à Paris (‘Ah! la charmante chose’) from ‘Banalités’, FP 107, No. 4 Measha Brueggergosman Porgy and Bess Suite (arr. Gene DiNovi) Summertime My Man’s Gone I Loves You Porgy Lawd, I’m on my way

George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)

Measha Brueggergosman, Gryphon Trio The generous support of David and Mary Bullock, and of the Ian Ihnatowycz Family Foundation, made this concert possible.

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Annalee Patipatanakoon, Martin Beaver, Roman Borys Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

Piano Trio in A minor Modéré Pantoum: Assez vif Passacaille: Très large Finale: Animé Gryphon Trio Intermission Violon (‘Couple amoureux aux accents méconnus’) from Fiançailles pour rire, FP. 101 No. 5

Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)

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Martin Beaver

Photo: Linsay Lozon

What Makes it Great?

Alfresco Concerts I

Friday 26 July 10pm

Saturday 27 July 1pm

Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

National Gallery of Canada: Amphitheatre

Tickets $30

Tickets FREE

Robert Kapilow composer Melanie Conly soprano Bud Roach tenor

Sébastien Dufour guitar Glenn Lévesque guitar Marc Morin guitar

I Got Rhythm: the Songs of George Gershwin

Montréal Guitare Trio

With his diverse array of talents and his infectious enthusiasm for all things musical, Rob Kapilow is committed to bringing the pleasures of music to audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

For this What Makes it Great? Rob Kapilow introduces us to the songs of one of the most significant and popular American composers of all time: George Gershwin. Word by word, note by note, Kapilow unravels some of America’s most recognizable pieces of music ever written. In so doing, he shows us why these pieces are so extraordinary and are still vital and beloved today.

The “hottest guitar ensemble in Canada” (CBC) gives a free performance at the outdoor amphitheatre of the National Gallery of Canada.

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Lute Legends Ensemble Saturday 27 July 12pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $30 Lucas Harris lute Wendy Zhao pipa Bassam Bishara oud Three of Toronto’s most noted performers of plucked-string instruments draw inspiration from wildly divergent, yet remarkably compatible, ancient traditions: the glorious polyphony of the European Renaissance and Baroque; the virtuosic modal improvisation of the Middle East; and the picturesque musical depiction of nature from China.

Programme Moonlight Over Spring River Spring in Tian-shan

Chinese traditional arr. Qiu Dacheng/Harris Chinese Uyghur folksong arr. Wang Fan-di

Saltarello & Piva from Intabolatura de lauto, libro quarto (Venice, 1508)

Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508)

Zaman Al-Nahawand (‘The Times of Nahawand’)

Naseer Shamma (b. 1963)

Longa Yorgu Parable (2013) Send Me a Rose Pavan Dragon Boat Longa Nahawand

Turkish traditional Andrew Donaldson (b. 1951) Chinese Uyghur folksong arr. Wang Fan-di John Danyel (c1564 – c1626) Chinese traditional Turkish traditional

Luis Mario Ochoa Cuban Quintet

Photo: Chris Hutcheson

Alfresco Concerts II Saturday 27 July 3pm National Gallery of Canada: Amphitheatre Tickets FREE Luis Mario Ochoa guitar, vocals Hilario Durán piano Roberto Riveron double bass Amhed Mitchel percussion Luis Orbegoso percussion

Luis Mario Ochoa Cuban Quintet A free afternoon concert by one of Canada’s most exciting Cuban ensembles. Guitarist and lead vocalist Luis Mario Ochoa joins Cuban pianist Hilario Durán and a dynamic rhythm section to perform music ranging from rumba to samba, bolero to waltz, son to cha.

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Siskind “Snapshots” Saturday 27 July 5:45pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets Included with Marc-André Hamelin Anita Pari piano, cello, composer

Anita Pari Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Guest: Ottawa-based Anita Pari, a young and dynamic pianist, cellist, and composer.

Programme

Pedja Muzijevic

Photo: The Banff Centre

Martin Beaver and Pedja Muzijevic

allade for piano No. 1 in G B minor, Op. 23, CT. 2

Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)

allade for piano No. 2 in F B major, Op. 38, CT. 3

Frédéric Chopin

Ballade for piano No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47, CT. 4

Frédéric Chopin

allade for piano No. 4 in F B minor, Op. 52, CT. 5

Frédéric Chopin

Nocturne for Strings in F-sharp minor

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Saturday 27 July 3pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets $30 Martin Beaver violin Pedja Muzijevic piano First violin of the Tokyo String Quartet, Martin Beaver, joins the eloquent and versatile pianist, Pedja Muzijevic, for selections from three centuries of violin sonatas. On this afternoon’s bill: performances of Sonata for violin & piano No. 32 in B flat major, K. 454 (Mozart); the exquisite Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 (Fauré); and Janácek’s intensely emotional Sonata for violin & piano, JW 7 No. 7.

Programme Sonata for violin & piano No. 32 in B flat major, K. 454 Largo - Allegro Andante Allegretto Sonata for violin & piano, JW 7 No. 7 Con moto Balada Allegretto Adagio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Leos Janácek (1854 – 1928)

Intermission Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 Allegro molto Andante Allegro vivo Allegro quasi presto 10 OTTAWA CHAMBERFEST 2013

Anita Pari (b. 1998)

Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)

Van Django

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Marc-André Hamelin Saturday 27 July 7pm Festival Gala: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $29 (C) $35 (B) $47 (A) Marc-André Hamelin piano Pianist Marc-André Hamelin returns to Chamberfest for a breathtaking display of his virtuosity. Our evening’s repertoire includes Alkan’s technically imposing “Love Me” from Three Pieces the Pathetic Style and Haydn’s grand C minor sonata—“dazzlingly articulated with... crystalline brilliance and musicianship.” (Gramophone) Programme Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)

Keyboard Sonata in C minor, Hob XVI:20 Moderato Andante con moto Allegro

Alexander Scriabin (1872 – 1915)

Piano sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, (“Etats d’âme”), Op. 23 Drammatico Allegretto Andante Presto con fuoco Intermission

Marc-André Hamelin

Photo: Fran Kaufman

Luis Mario Ochoa Cuban Quintet

“Love Me” from Three Pieces in the Pathetic Style, Op. 15 No. 1

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 – 1888)

Piano Sonata in E minor (“Night Wind”), Op. 25 No. 2

Nikolay Medtner (1880 – 1951)

The generous support of Ms. Marg Campbell made this concert possible.

DOUBLE BILL Van Django

Saturday 27 July 9:30pm

Saturday 27 July 10:45pm

Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Tickets $35 Includes Van Django

Tickets $30

Luis Mario Ochoa guitar, vocals Hilario Durán piano Roberto Riveron double bass Amhed Mitchel percussion Luis Orbegoso percussion

Cameron Wilson violin Budge Schachte guitar Brent Gubbels double bass Finn Manniche guitar, cello

A smokin’ hot late-night jam with one of Canada’s most exciting Cuban ensembles. Guitarist and lead vocalist Luis Mario Ochoa joins Cuban pianist Hilario Durán and a dynamic rhythm section to perform music ranging from rumba to samba, bolero to waltz, son to cha.

Punchy, driving, and rhythmically inventive, Van Django combines a wealth of musical influences with its roots in the Gypsy jazz of 1930s Hot Club de Paris.

“Van Django tosses off jaw-dropping technical licks with effortless ease... Every bar of every tune [is] tried and true or keenly original.” (Jurgen Goethe, CBC).

Bytek Automobiles generously sponsored this concert.

Bytek Automobiles generously sponsored this concert.

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Alfresco Concerts III Sunday 28 July 1pm National Gallery of Canada: Amphitheatre Tickets FREE Cameron Wilson violin Budge Schachte guitar Brent Gubbels double bass Finn Manniche guitar, cello

Van Django at the Gallery Judy Loman

Photo: Tricia Koning

National Treasure Spotlight

Violinist Cameron Wilson and Van Django deliver a free afternoon performance of Gypsy jazz, inspired by the music of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli of the Hot Club de Paris Quintet. A clever mix of contemporary standards, classical ditties, and solid originals.

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Sunday 28 July 11Am Beechwood, the National Cemetery of Canada Tickets $30 Eleanor James mezzo-soprano Lori Gemmell harp Jennifer Swartz harp Sharlene Wallace harp Judy Loman harp Julia Seager-Scott harp

Judy Loman Canadian virtuoso and master pedagogue, harpist Judy Loman, is recognized internationally for her enormous contribution to continuing advances in harp playing and repertoire.

This celebratory programme also features frequent vocal collaborator Eleanor James and former students Jennifer Swartz, Lori Gemel, Julie Seager-Scott, and Sharlene Wallace.

Programme David and Saul from King David Sonata From Five Pieces for Solo Harp Tanzmusik Cantilene Elegiaque Nocturne Concerto in B-flat major for Harp Andante-Allegro Larghetto Allegro Moderato Tanzlied

Srul Irving Glick (1934 – 2002) Glenn Buhr (b. 1954)

George Friedrich Handel (1685 – 1759)

R. Murray Schafer (b. 1933) Sharlene Wallace (b. 1963)

Dream Upon Dream

Sharlene Wallace

WPBS generously sponsored this concert.

Photo: Dom Proulx

Alfresco Concerts Iv Sunday 28 July 3pm National Gallery of Canada: Amphitheatre Tickets FREE

Winter Suite Acacia Street Winter Still Winter Frieze

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John Geggie

John Geggie bass Christine Fagan vocalist Mark Ferguson piano, trombone Mike Tremblay saxophone

John Geggie and Friends Moving masterfully between musical genres, bass player John Geggie lays down some heady jazz grooves with vocalist Christine Fagan, Mark Ferguson, and Mike Tremblay at our final, free outdoor concert at the National Gallery of Canada.

Rising Stars Sunday 28 July 2Pm Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts Programme

Tickets $30 Austin Wu violin Avery Vine piano Rebecca Gray soprano Andrea Sim clarinet Yuyang Xie piano Kristina Slodki harp Stuart Matthews violin Sam Cameron guitar Jonah Poplove viola Christian Paquette flute Suren Barry piano Frédéric Lacroix piano Wina Wu piano

Venti Quartet Alexandre Turmel violin Trevor Wilson violin Carolyn Farnand viola Ezra Poplove cello

Yuyang Xie String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, no. 4: Allegro, ma non tanto

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Alexandre Turmel, Trevor Wilson, Carolyn Farnand, Ezra Poplove Intermission

A showcase of promising young musicians, many of whom will appear in a professional concert setting for the very first time.

Albert Heinrich Zabel (1834 – 1910)

Marguerite douloureuse au rouet, Op. 26 Kristina Slodki

Alphonse Hasselmans (1845 – 1912)

La Source, Op. 44

Programme Violin Concerto No. 7, Op. 76: Allegro Maestoso

Charles-Auguste Beriot (1802 – 1870)

Austin Wu, Wina Wu George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)

Prelude No. 2, Andante con moto e poco rubato Avery Vine

George Gershwin

Prelude No. 3, Allegro ben ritmato e deciso Avery Vine

Max Bruch (1838 – 1920)

Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26: Finale: Allegro energico Stuart Matthews, Suren Barry

Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)

El Decameron Negro: Balada de la doncella enamorada Sam Cameron

Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)

Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)

Rebecca Gray, Frédéric Lacroix

Rebecca Gray, Frédéric Lacroix Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)

Andrea Sim, Frédéric Lacroix

Jonah Poplove Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)

Étude Tango No. 3 Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)

4 Songs, Op. 39, Fleur jetée

Clarinet Sonata in B flat Major: Andantino - Vivace a leggiero

Kristina Slodki

Élégie

Nuvoletta, Song for Voice and Piano, Op. 25

Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)

Étude No. 2 in F minor ‘La leggierezza’ from Three Concert Études, S. 144

Jonah Poplove Concierto pastorale: Rondo: Allegro

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901 – 1999)

Christian Paquette, Frédéric Lacroix The Gryphon Trio and Nicole Presentey collaboratively produced this concert.

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Shannon Mercer

Beyond the Labyrinth: In Search of John Dowland Sunday 28 July 3pm

Programme

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Sorrow Stay (from Second Book of Songs)

John Dowland

Away with these self-loving lads (from First Book of Songs)

John Dowland

Weep ye no more sad fountains (from Third Book of Songs)

John Dowland

Humor say what makst thou heere (from Second Book of Songs)

John Dowland

Thou mighty God - part 1 (from A Pilgrim's Solace)

John Dowland

Fortune my Foe

John Dowland

When Dauids life by Saul - part 2 (from A Pilgrim's Solace)

John Dowland

Mr. Dowland's Midnight

John Dowland

When the poore Criple - part 3 (from A Pilgrim’s Solace)

John Dowland

Tickets $30 Lucas Harris lute, musical director Shannon Mercer soprano Laura Pudwell alto Colin Balzer tenor Charles Daniels tenor Sumner Thompson baritone Robert Macdonald bass Sylvain Bergeron lute Margaret Little viola da gamba

Les Voix Baroques 2013 marks the 450th year of John Dowland’s birth, and gives us an opportunity to reassess the life and music of this brilliant Elizabethan lutenist. His expressive songs have long been popular outside early music circles. But when rock legend Sting released Songs from the Labyrinth in 2006, Dowland became one of the few Renaissance musicians ever to appear in the mass media.

A popular image of Dowland has emerged as an alienated singer/songwriter: a sort of Bob Dylan of the Shakespearean era.

Dowland was in fact a skilled composer of polyphony, and the most remarkable accomplishment of his song publications was the invention of the “table format,” which allowed for multiple performance options.

In this concert, the singers of Les Voix Baroques explore how Dowland’s expressive songs may change when they are performed as lute songs, as part songs, or in a grey zone between the two.

Programme Me, Me, and None but Me

John Dowland (1563 – 1626)

Go crystal Tears (from First book of Songs)

John Dowland

Mrs. Winter’s Jumpp

John Dowland

My Lady Hunnsdon’s Puffe

John Dowland

A gift from Lee Emerson underwrote Laura Pudwell’s performance.

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Intermission In darkness let me dwell (from A Musicall Banquet)

John Dowland

Semper Dowland semper dolens

John Dowland

Were every thought an eye (from A Pilgrim's Solace)

John Dowland

Time Stands Still (from Third Book of Songs)

John Dowland

The Lamentations of a Sinner (O Lord, turn not away thy face, from Mr. Henry Noell, his Funerall Psalms)

John Dowland

Come Merry Mates (from A Pilgrim's Solace)

John Dowland

Tell me, true love (from A Pilgrim's Solace)

John Dowland

Come Heavy Sleep (from First Book of Songs)

John Dowland

Siskind “Snapshots”

Dowland in Dublin

Sunday 28 July 5:45pm

Sunday 28 July 9:30pm

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Tickets included with sounds from the sound

Tickets $35 includes Strungout51

James Campbell clarinet Martin Roscoe piano

Martin Roscoe and Jim Campbell Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Guests: Martin Roscoe and James Campbell.

Sounds from the Sound Sunday 28 July 7pm Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $35 James Campbell clarinet New Zealand String Quartet Martin Roscoe piano Helene Pohl violin Joel Quarrington double bass Douglas Beilman violin Gillian Ansell viola Rolf Gjelsten cello

Michael Slattery tenor, shruti-box La Nef Sylvain Bergeron baroque guitar, archlute Seán Dagher cittern Patrick Graham percussion Andrew Horton double bass Grégoire Jeay flute, recorder Amanda Keesmaat baroque cello Alex Kehler violin

Michael Slattery and La Nef American tenor Michael Slattery makes his Chamberfest debut with early-music ensemble La Nef, in Dowland in Dublin. Slattery, Sylvain Bergeron, and Seán Dagher worked together on these new arrangements of Dowland’s well-known airs, giving them a simple, Celtic flavor. In selecting the music for this project, they decided to focus on the lighter-hearted side of Dowland, who is best known for his beautifully sombre songs.

Programme Behold a Wonder Here

John Dowland (1563 – 1626)

Me, Me, and None but Me

John Dowland

The Frog Galliard

John Dowland

O Sweet Woods, the delight of solitarinesse

John Dowland

Musicians from the 2013 edition of the Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound, Ontario, reunite at Chamberfest for a performance of the intriguing piano works of Hungarian conductor, composer, and pianist Ernst von Dohnányi; Brahms’ epic clarinet sonata No. 1; and the jubilant Dvorák bass quintet.

Kemp’s Jig/Mistress Winter’s Jump/My Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe

John Dowland

A Shepherd in a Shade

John Dowland

Away With These Self-loving Lads (from First Book of Songs)

John Dowland

Programme

Come Away, Come Sweet Love

John Dowland

Lacrimae pavan

John Dowland

Come, Heavy Sleep (from First Book of Songs)

John Dowland

Martin Roscoe, James Campbell, Joel Quarrington, and the New Zealand String Quartet

Pastorale on the Hungarian Christmas Song: An Angel from Heaven

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 – 1960)

Martin Roscoe Waltz from Delibes’ Coppélia

Ernst von Dohnányi

Martin Roscoe Rhapsody in C major, Op. 11 No. 3

Ernst von Dohnányi

Martin Roscoe Sonata for clarinet & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 Allegro appassionato Andante un poco adagio Allegretto grazioso Vivace

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

James Campbell, Martin Roscoe Intermission String Quintet in G major, Op. 77 (B. 49) Allegro con fuoco Scherzo. Allegro vivace Poco andante Finale. Allegro assai

Antonín Dvorák (1841 – 1904)

Intermission Clear or Cloudy

John Dowland

His Golden Locks

John Dowland

Sleep, Wayward Thoughts

John Dowland

Time Stands Still (from Third Book of Songs)

John Dowland

A Galliard

John Dowland

Say Love if Ever Thou Didst Find

John Dowland

Now, O Now I Needs Must Part

John Dowland

DOUBLE BILL

Includes Strungout51

New Zealand String Quartet, Joel Quarrington

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The Music of Art Monday 29 July 11Am/1:30PM/3:30PM National Gallery of Canada: C201 and C205 Tickets See “Admission” below Robert Kapilow commentator, conductor Ottawa Bach Choir Lisette Canton artistic director

Ave Maria Hosted by composer/conductor Rob Kapilow, this unique and exciting collaboration between Ottawa Chamberfest and the National Gallery of Canada blends discussion, demonstration, and performance in an exploration of the parallels between two worlds of expression: the world of art and the world of music.

Ariel Barnes

Photo: Donna Santos

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Willa Cather wrote, “There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.” Yet each generation and art form tells these recurring stories in their own unique way.

Sunday 28 July 10:45pm Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts Tickets $30 Ariel Barnes cello Heidi Krutzen harp Frédéric Lacroix celesta

Music for Harp, Cello, and Electricity One harp, one cello, one celeste—and microphones to amplify the instruments and ambient stage sounds. Written by American composer Nico Muhly, who scored the Oscar® nominated film, The Reader.

Programme Clear Music for cello, harp, celeste and electroacoustics Serere Drifting Seeds

Through the pairing of individual pieces of music in live performance with related works of art from the Gallery’s collection, the series aims to help us see art and hear music differently as we learn to listen for the music of art.

Nico Muhly (b. 1981) James Maxwell (b. 1968)

One of the most powerful images in the history of art and music is that of the Virgin Mary. The changing ways in which she appears through the millenia tell us a great deal about both the artists who interpreted her likeness and the times in which they lived.

This unusual program pairs arrangements of the original Gregorian chant, Ave Maria, with paintings and sculptures of the Virgin Mary throughout history. In this way, we reveal the intricate and evolving means by which storytellers and their stories connect.

Programme Ave Maria (Gregorian chant)

Anon.

Ave Maria for five voices

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594)

Ave Maria for four voices

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611)

Ave Maria

Baljinder Sekhon

Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

Ariel Barnes performs on the 1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

Chamber Chat Monday 29 July 10Am Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets FREE Ariel Barnes cello Cellist Ariel Barnes starts your morning with Britten’s Suite for solo cello No. 1, Op. 72.

Ariel Barnes performs on the 1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

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Admission Entry to this event is free to members of the National Gallery of Canada and also to holders of our 2013 Ottawa Chamberfest Passport Prime or Passport Plus passes.

Everyone else must purchase a General Admission ticket at the National Gallery of Canada Box Office. Please visit the National Gallery of Canada website for ticket prices and Box Office hours.

Important: The Music of Art: Ave Maria has a strict limit of 50 patrons per presentation. We cannot guarantee entry at your preferred time.

The Seasons

The Brahms Quartets

Monday 29 July 12pm

Monday 29 July 3pm

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium

Tickets $30

Tickets $30

Pedja Muzijevic piano Longtime collaborator of Mikhail Baryshnikov, pianist Pedja Muzijevic offers a brilliant solo piano juxtaposition of John Cage’s The Seasons and Frédéric Chopin’s Op. 28 Preludes.

New Zealand String Quartet

Programme 24 Preludes Op. 28, Nos. 1 – 6 Prelude I from The Seasons Winter from The Seasons 24 Preludes Op. 28, Nos 7 – 12

Helene Pohl violin Douglas Beilman violin Rolf Gjelsten cello Gillian Ansell viola

Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) John Cage (1912 – 1992) John Cage Frédéric Chopin

The New Zealand String Quartet returns to Ottawa for a warm and intimate performance of Brahms’ String Quartets Opus 51, no 1 in C minor and no 2 in A minor. Sought-after for its imaginative and varied programming, this thrilling quartet is known for revelatory performances of the standard classical quartet repertoire, as well as for exciting realizations of newer works from contemporary composers.

Prelude II from The Seasons

John Cage

Programme

Spring from The Seasons

John Cage

String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 Allegro Romanze Allegretto molto moderatoe comodo Un poco più animato Allegro

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 Allegro non troppo Andante moderato Quasi minuetto, moderato Finale: Allegro non assai

Johannes Brahms

24 Preludes Op. 28, Nos. 13 – 16

Frédéric Chopin

Prelude III from The Seasons

John Cage

Summer from The Seasons

John Cage

24 Preludes Op. 28, Nos. 17 – 22

Frédéric Chopin

Prelude IV from The Seasons

John Cage

Fall from The Seasons

John Cage

Finale (Prelude I) from The Seasons 24 Preludes Op. 28, Nos. 23 – 24 The University of Ottawa generously sponsored this concert.

John Cage Frédéric Chopin

The generous support of Carolyn McMaster made this concert possible.

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Generation Next

Monday 29 July 5:45pm

Monday 29 July 7pm

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Tickets Included with Generation Next

Tickets $35

Timothy Chooi violin Pavel Kolesnikov piano

Competition Winners Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Guests: Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov (2012 Honens Prize Laureate) and 2012 Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank violin winner Timothy Chooi.

Programme Niccolò Paganini (1782 – 1840)

Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme and Variations), Op. 1 No. 24 Tema quasi presto 11 variations Finale Timothy Chooi The Seasons Op. 37b (excerpts) May June July August

Pavel Kolesnikov piano Timothy Chooi violin Iryna Krechkovsky violin Ariel Barnes cello Heidi Krutzen harp Zodiac Trio Vanessa Mollard violin Riko Higuma piano Kliment Krylovskiy clarinet Competition winners and exciting new talent! Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov (2012 Honens Prize Laureate) and 2012 Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank winners Timothy Chooi (violin), Iryna Krechkovsky (violin), and Ariel Barnes (cello) join the “aweinspiring” (NYC.com) Zodiac Trio for a night of fresh perspectives and bold musicality.

Programme

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)

Darius Milhaud (1892 – 1974)

Suite, Op. 157b Ouverture Divertissement Jeu Introduction et Finale

Timothy Chooi, Pavel Kolesnikov

Zodiac Trio

Timothy Chooi performs on the 1729 Guarneri Del Gesù violin awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

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Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)

Timothy Chooi, Pavel Kolesnikov Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op.58 Allegro maestoso Scherzo. Molto vivace Largo Finale. Presto, non tanto - Agitato Pavel Kolesnikov Intermission

Leos Janácek (1854 – 1928)

Violin Sonata JW VII/7 Con moto Ballada. Con moto Allegretto Adagio

Iryna Krechkovsky, Pavel Kolesnikov Chamber Music No. 1 (“Les fêtes nocturnes”) H. 376 Allegretto moderato Andante moderato Poco allegro

Bohuslav Martinu (1890 – 1959)

Kliment Krylovskiy, Iryna Krechkovsky, Jesse Morrison, Ariel Barnes, Heidi Krutzen, Pavel Kolesnikov

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Photo: Colin Way

The National Hotel and Suites generously sponsored this concert.

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Tiberius Quartet with James Parker Tuesday 30 July 12pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $30 James Parker piano Tiberius Quartet Tibor Molnár violin Károly Lokodi violin Józef Molnár viola Elod Zágoni cello

Sanctuary

SilenCio: Journey into Silence Monday 29 July 10pm Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts Tickets $30 Christoph Both cello Jeff Reilly bass clarinet Peter Togni organ

Sanctuary in Concert This Halifax, NS trio plays a unique form of contemporary music that is rich, intense, and lyrical. Much of it is based on Gregorian chant, but that is merely a point of departure. Peter Togni, Christoph Both, and Jeff Reilly transcend these ancient materials with improvisation, contemporary music atonality, and extended techniques to create a 21st century form of contemplative plainsong that ranges from Hildegard of Bingen to Led Zeppelin.

Appearing in Ottawa for the first time, Romania’s Tiberius Quartet applies its expressive Old World sound to Haydn’s great String Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20 No. 3 and Schumann’s mercurial Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47.

Programme String Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20 No. 3 Allegro con spirito Menuet. Allegretto & Trio Poco Adagio Allegro molto

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)

Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 Allegro brillante In Modo d’una Marcia. Un poco largamente Scherzo. Molto vivace - Trio 1 & 2 Allegro, ma non troppo

Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)

The Ottawa Marriott Hotel generously sponsored this concert.

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Chamber Chat Tuesday 30 July 10Am Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets FREE Heidi Krutzen harp Heidi Krutzen starts your morning with a performance of Britten’s Suite for harp in C major, Op. 83.

Programme Suite for harp in C major, Op. 83 Overture Toccata Nocturne Fugue Hymn (St. Denio)

Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)

James Parker

Photo: Shin Sugino

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Bring the Kids!

Tuesday 30 July 3pm

Tuesday 30 July 5:45pm

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Tickets FREE

Tickets Included with Miró Quartet/Wallis Giunta

Beth Silver cello Jenna Richardson piano

Eva Aronian violin Stephen Nguyen piano Tate Zawadiuk cello

Say It in Sound This interactive, family-friendly, classical music experience features character pieces—compositions that are meant to create images in our minds. Explore the different musical worlds each composer creates and discover how our imaginations interpret sound. For children 4 and up.

ConSTANZE Trio Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Tonight, three major talents from Calgary’s Mount Royal College Academy of Music perform Mendelssohn’s devilishly virtuosic Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49.

Programme Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 Molto allegro agitato Andante con moto tranquillo Scherzo, Leggiero e vivace Finale: Allegro assai

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

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The Zodiac Trio Tuesday 30 July 3pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets $30 Kliment Krylovskiy clarinet Vanessa Mollard violin Riko Higuma piano Protégé of the renowned Ysaÿe Quartet at the Paris Superiour Conservatory, New York’s Zodiac Trio makes its Chamberfest debut with works by Bartok (Contrasts), Ustvolskaya (Trio for violin, clarinet & piano), and Piazzolla (Verano Porteño). Featured in this afternoon’s programme is the Canadian premiere of Nicholas Bacri’s A Smiling Suite.

Programme Verano Porteño Trio for violin, clarinet & piano Espressivo Dolce Energico A smiling Suite (Canadian Premiere) Capriccio Menuet Lent Gavotte Air Fuga Diatonica Contrasts Sz. 111 BB 116 (Composed 1938) Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance/danse de recrutement): Moderato, ben ritmato Piheno (Relaxation/repos): Lento Sebes (Fast Dance/danse rapide): Allegro Vivace 20 OTTAWA CHAMBERFEST 2013

Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992) Galina Ustvolskaya (b. 1919)

Nicolas Bacri (b. 1961)

Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945)

Zodiac Trio

Photo: Irina Mednik

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Jazz Night Tuesday 30 July 10pm Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts Tickets $30 Phil Dwyer saxophone Don Thompson piano

Phil Dwyer and Don Thompson Collaborating frequently for over twenty years, two of Canada’s jazz giants reunite at Chamberfringe to perform timeless standards and original creations.

Wallis Giunta

Photo: Michael Edwards

Miró Quartet with Wallis Giunta

wednesday 31 July 10Am Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets FREE

Tuesday 30 July 7pm Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $35

Miró Quartet Daniel Ching violin William Fedkenheuer violin John Largess viola Joshua Gindele cello

Don’t Excite the Recollection

The dynamic Miró Quartet, one of America’s highest-profile chamber groups, and Ottawa’s celebrated mezzo soprano Wallis Giunta offer a scintillating evening of strings and song.

Repertoire to include Respighi’s Il tramonto (The Sunset), for voice and string quartet; Barber’s Dover Beach, Op. 3; and evocative new arrangements of songs by Hugo Wolf.

Programme

Selections from Mörike-Lieder Gebet Der Tambour In der Frühe Fussreise Um Mitternacht Crisantemi: Elegy for String Quartet Il tramonto (The Sunset), for voice and string quartet, P. 101

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Hugo Wolf (1860 – 1903)

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor (‘Serioso’), Op. 95

wednesday 31 July 12Pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $30 Ariel Barnes cello Heidi Krutzen harp Ariel Barnes and Heidi Krutzen perform Three Meditations on Light by Jocelyn Morlock; the world premiere of Caroline Lizotte’s Close for Couloir, Opus 48; and Valeri Kikta’s Sonata for cello and harp, which is based on the traditional Russian song, Don’t Excite the Recollection.

Programme Jocelyn Morlock (b. 1969)

Three Meditations on Light Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924) Ottorino Respighi (1879 – 1936)

Intermission Dover Beach, Op. 3

Ann Monoyios moderator Bruce Dickey cornetto Catherine Motuz sackbut Ann Monoyios, Bruce Dickey, and Catherine Motuz discuss early music programming and the Monteverdi Vespers.

Wallis Giunta mezzo-soprano

Quartettsatz in C minor

Chamber Chat

Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Caroline Lizotte (b. 1969)

Close for Couloir, Opus 48 (world premiere) Sonata for cello and harp (based on the traditional Russian song Don’t Excite the Recollection)

Valeri Kikta (b. 1941)

The University of Ottawa generously sponsored this concert.

Ariel Barnes performs on the 1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

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Rob Kapilow

Photo: Hanhong Dan

What Makes it Great?

Siskind “Snapshots”

wednesday 31 July 3Pm

wednesday 31 July 5:45Pm

National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Tickets $30

Tickets Included with The Monteverdi Vespers

Robert Kapilow commentator, conductor National Youth Orchestra of Canada Stephen Sitarski concert master Timothy Chooi violin Iryna Krechkovsky violin

Suzie LeBlanc soprano Julius Drake piano

Suzie Leblanc and Julius Drake

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Rob Kapilow explores the background, structure, and scenepainting elements of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, then conducts a complete performance of the Spring and Summer concerti.

Featuring the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, with Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank winners Timothy Chooi and Iryna Krechkovsky on violin.

Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00pm. Guests: renowned soprano Suzie Leblanc shares insights into her passion for the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, and British pianist Julius Drake discusses his many collaborations with some of the world’s leading vocalists.

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Programme Violin Concerto in E major (‘La Primavera’) from The Four Seasons (‘Il cimento’) Op.8 No. 1, RV 269 Allegro Largo e pianissimo sempre Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)

Intermission Violin Concerto in G minor (‘L’estate’) from The Four Seasons (‘Il cimento’) Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 1. Allegro non molto 2. Adagio 3. Presto

Antonio Vivaldi

Timothy Chooi performs on the 1729 Guarneri Del Gesù violin awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank. Iryna Krechkovsky performs on the 1689 Baumgartner Stradivari violin awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

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The Monteverdi Vespers wednesday 31 July 7Pm Festival Gala: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $29 (C) $35 (B) $47 (A) Alexander Weimann organ, director Shannon Mercer soprano Jolle Greenleaf soprano Laura Pudwell alto Josée Lalonde alto Charles Daniels tenor Colin Balzer tenor Sumner Thompson baritone Andrew Mahon baritone Martin Auclair baritone Robert Macdonald bass Tanya Laperierre violin Chantal Rémillard violin Nicolas Fortin viola Margaret Little viola Francis Palma-Pelletier violone Bruce Dickey cornetto Matthew Jennejohn cornetto Catherine Motuz sackbut Peter Christensen sackbut Trevor Dix sackbut Sylvain Bergeron lute Rona Nadler harpsichord

Les Voix Baroques and La Rose des Vents Published in 1610, Claudio Monteverdi’s monumental Vespers for the Blessed Virgin distinguishes itself for its pioneering union of old mass and new theatrical styles, effectively establishing many of the aesthetic conventions of the Baroque.

For our third gala evening of the 2013 festival, Montreal’s Les Voix Baroques and La Rose des Vents present an enthralling interpretation of this massively important work.

Programme Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 Deus in adiutorium Domine ad adiuvandum Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus Concerto: Nigra Sum Psalm 112: Laudete pueri Concerto: Puchra es Psalm 121: Laetatus sum Concerto: Duo Seraphim Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus Concerto: Audi Coelum

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)

wednesday 31 July 10Pm Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Patricia O’Callaghan vocalist, actor Bryce Kulak piano, composer Lori Gemmell harp Kevin Fox cello, vocalist Tom Allen narrator, trombone

Claudio Monteverdi

A gift from Lee Emerson underwrote Laura Pudwell’s performance.

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The Judgment of Paris Tickets $30

INTERMISSION Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 Psalm 147: Lauda Jerusalem Sonata sopra “Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis” Hymn: Ave maris stella Magnificat Et exultavit Quia respexit Quia fecit mihi magna Et misericordia Fecit potentiam Deposuit potentes Esurientes implevit bonis Sucepit Israel Sicut locutus est Gloria Patri Sicut erat in principio

The Virgin Mary by Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato

Music revolutionary Claude Debussy and his one-time acolyte, Maurice Ravel, collide under the shadow of the Great War that almost destroyed them and their beloved City of Light. The Judgment of Paris is a journey through history, music, betrayal, and war that is both new and old, heroic and tragic, mythic—and as real as real gets.

The generous support of Shirley Greenberg made this concert possible.

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The Judgment of Paris

Photo: Dom Proulx

Chamber Chat

The Awakened Rose

Thursday 1 AUGUST 10Am

Thursday 1 AUGUST 12Pm

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Tickets FREE

Tickets $30

Harry Halbreich musicologist Musicologist Harry Halbreich and guest lecturers offer insightful and entertaining perspectives on the past, present, and future of chamber music. These are fabulously intimate opportunities to learn more about “the music of the room.”

Suzie LeBlanc soprano Julius Drake piano Acadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc and renowned British pianist Julius Drake offer a special noontime performance of French mélodies and Strauss lieder.

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Chamberfest IN the City Thursday 1 AUGUST 12Pm Jean Pigott Hall Tickets FREE Scott Thomson composer Christine Duncan director Element Choir Project Jim Lewis trumpet

Julius Drake

“Arcade Air” at Ottawa City Hall “Arcade Air” is a new, site-specific composition by Scott Thomson for ensemble performance, with mobile brass sextet and Christine Duncan’s Element Choir Project. It is designed to animate the architecture of Ottawa’s City Hall in ethereal, playful, and unexpected ways.

ACE Workshop Master Class Performance Thursday 1 AUGUST 3Pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets FREE Robert Kapilow ACE 2013 Brahms Sextet Peggy Florida violin Carol Deaville violin Karen Finstad viola Linda Mathies viola Louise Mortimer cello David van Dine cello

ConSTANZE Trio Eva Aronian violin Tate Zawadiuk cello Stephen Nguyen piano ACE 2013 Cello/Piano Duo Beth Silver cello Jenna Richards piano

The Amateur Chamber Ensemble Workshop is a remarkable expression of the Ottawa Chamber Music Society’s community engagement mandate. This comprehensive learning experience for adult amateur chamber musicians involves coaching and master class opportunities with renowned guest artists of the summer festival. We invite Ottawa Chamberfest 2013 attendees to hear this year’s ACE participants perform in a master class with Rob Kapilow.

Photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke

Programme Die Rose, Op. 73, D. 745

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Heidenröslein (‘Sah ein Knab...’), D. 257, Op. 3, No. 3

Franz Schubert

Das Rosenband (‘Im Frühlingsgarten fand ich sie’), D. 280

Franz Schubert

Das Rosenband (‘Im Frühlingsschatten fand ich sie’), Op. 36, No. 1 (TrV 186 No. 1)

Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)

Le mariage des roses, M. 80

César Franck (1822 – 1890)

Pastorale des cochons roses

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 – 1894)

Roses en bracelet from Les feuilles blessées

Reynaldo Hahn (1874 – 1947)

Le rossignol des lilas

Reynaldo Hahn Richard Strauss

Mädchenblumen, Op. 22 (TrV 153) Kornblumen Mohnblumen Epheu Wasserrose Le Parfum impérissable, Op. 76, No. 1

Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)

Les Roses d’Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Fauré

La Rose, Op. 51, No. 4 Rote Rosen (‘Weisst Du die Rose, die Du mir gegeben?’), o.Op. 76 (TrV 119, AV 76)

Richard Strauss

Die erwachte Rose (‘Die Knospe träumte von Sonnenschein’), o.Op. 66 (TrV 90, AV 66)

Richard Strauss

Begegnung (‘Die Treppe hinunter gesprungen’), o.Op. 72 (TrV 98, AV 72)

Richard Strauss

The generous support of Walter Burgess made this concert possible.

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Leipzig String Quartet Thursday 1 AUGUST 3Pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets $30 Stefan Arzberger violin Tilman Büning violin Ivo Bauer viola Matthias Moosdorf cello Germany’s electrifying Leipzig String Quartet performs Mozart’s String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K.499 (“Hoffmeister”) and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44, no. 1, the first of three dedicated to the Crown Prince of Sweden.

Programme String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K.499 Molto allegro vivace Menuetto & Trio: Allegretto Adagio Allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44, no. 1 Molto allegro vivace Menuetto: un poco Allegretto Andante espressivo ma con moto Presto con brio

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

The generous support of Nicole Presentey made this concert possible.

National Youth Orchestra of Canada

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Photo: CBC

National Youth Orchestra of Canada Thursday 1 AUGUST 7Pm National Arts Centre of Canada: Southam Hall Tickets $20 National Youth Orchestra of Canada Alain Trudel conductor

Stephen Sitarski

Photo: Bo Huang

Siskind “Snapshots” Thursday 1 AUGUST 5:45Pm National Arts Centre of Canada: Main Lobby Tickets Included with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada National Youth Orchestra of Canada Stephen Sitarski conductor

NYOC Chamber Groups; Introductions by Stephen Sitarski Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Guests: select chamber groups from the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, introduced by conductor Stephen Sitarski.

Please Note: This event takes place in the lobby of the National Arts Centre.

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Mahler’s Ninth An annual favourite of Chamberfest enthusiasts, Canada’s famed National Youth Orchestra takes to the stage at NAC Southam Hall to perform Mahler’s final completed symphony, the deeply expressive No. 9 in D major.

Programme Leonore Overture No. 3 in C major, Op. Ludwig van Beethoven 72b (1770 – 1827) Isomorphia (2013)

James O’Callaghan

Intermission Symphony No. 9 in D major Andante comodo Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb Rondo-Burleske: Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend

Gustav Mahler (1856 – 1911)

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Trio Solisti Thursday 1 AUGUST 7Pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets $30 Maria Bachmann violin Alexis Pia Gerlach cello Jon Klibonoff piano “The most exciting piano trio in America” (The New Yorker) perfoms Beethoven’s subtly articulate 14 Variations on an Original Theme in E flat major, as well as piano trios by Chausson (G minor) and Dvorák (“Dumky”).

Programme 14 Variations on an Original Theme in E flat major, Op. 44 Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3 Pas trop lent Vite Assez lent Animé

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)

Photo: Ivan Otis

Sarah Slean... with strings attached Thursday 1 AUGUST 10Pm Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts Tickets $30

Intermission Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor (“Dumky”), Op. 90 Lento maestoso - Allegro vivace Allegro molto Poco adagio - Vivace Andante - Vivace non troppo Andante moderato - Allegretto scherzando - Allegro Allegro Lento maestoso - Vivace

Sara Slean

Antonín Dvorák (1841 – 1904)

Sarah Slean vocalist Alex Grant cello Suhashini Arulanandam violin Jennifer Thiessen viola Karen Graves violin An intimate evening with the breathtakingly talented Juno® and Gemini® award nominee, Sarah Slean.

Sarah debuts at Chamberfest with her trademark sultry vocals, dream-like lyricism, and substantive musical arrangements.

“Nothing other than a Canadian national treasure” (Exclaim.ca).

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Chamber Chat

Bring the Kids!

Friday 2 AUGUST 10Am

Friday 2 AUGUST 3pm

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Tickets FREE

Tickets FREE

Harry Halbreich musicologist

Ann Monoyios narrator

Musicologist Harry Halbreich and guest lecturers offer insightful and entertaining perspectives on the past, present, and future of chamber music. These are fabulously intimate opportunities to learn more about “the music of the room.”

The Gryphon Trio Annalee Patipatanakoon violin Roman Borys cello James Parker piano

Storytime with the Gryphon Trio Narrated by Ann Monoyios

The Element Choir Project

Classic children’s stories by Margaret Wise Brown (Wait Till the Moon is Full, Goodnight Moon), presented with music and projections. For children 4 and up.

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Friday 2 AUGUST 12pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $30 Christine Duncan director Element Choir Project Jim Lewis trumpet Jean Martin drums Varyan Weston keyboard Led by Christine Duncan and Jean Martin, the Element Choir Project brings together singers from Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto. Having developed a unique language of improvised sound, Duncan guides the choir through a series of rehearsed signals and cues. The result is remarkably different every time you hear it. Improvising musicians Veryan Weston (keyboard), Jim Lewis (trumpet), and Jean Martin (drums) provide support.

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Christine Duncan

Photo: Jean Martin

Leipzig String Quartet Friday 2 AUGUST 3pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets $30 Stefan Arzberger violin Tilman Büning violin Ivo Bauer viola Matthias Moosdorf cello Leipzig String Quartet performs String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5, which Beethoven modeled on Mozart’s quartet in the same key (K. 464), and César Franck’s String Quartet in D major, M. 9, an intense study of the late works of Beethoven.

Programme String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5 Allegro Menuetto - Trio Andante cantabile Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

String Quartet in D major, M. 9 Poco lento - Allegro Scherzo. vivace Larghetto Allegro molto

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The generous support of Nicole Presentey made this concert possible.

César Franck (1822 – 1890)

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Siskind “Snapshots” Friday 2 AUGUST 5:45pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets Included with Quartango/Marie-Josée Lord Raphael Wallfisch cello

Raphael Wallfisch Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Tonight’s guest is famed cellist Raphael Wallfisch, who talks about his life and career, and then performs a Bach solo cello suite.

Programme Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 Prélude Allemande Courante Sarabande Bourée I Gigue Bourée II

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Henrique Cazes

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Friday 2 AUGUST 10pm Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts Tickets $30 Henrique Cazes cavaquinho Mark Duggan percussion, vibraphone Alan Hetherington drums, percussion, pandeiro Aline Morales vocals, percussion Wagner Petrilli violão Louis Simão electric bass

Quartango

Photo: André Tremblay

Cavaquinho virtuoso, Henrique Cazes, and Canada’s premiere Brazilian music ensemble, Sambacana, deliver a lively late-night festa of authentic Musica Popular Brasileira and Brazilian Jazz.

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Quartango with Marie-Josée Lord Friday 2 AUGUST 7pm Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $35 Marie-Josee Lord soprano Quartango Rene Gosselin bass viol Stephane Aubin piano Jonathan Goldman bandoneon Antoine Bareil violin Mix one part warm velvet (Marie-Josée Lord) with one part pure passion (Quartango). Add a splash of Grand Opera and a pinch of tango. Stir sensuously and serve hot.

Arts Consulting Group and Kun Shoulder Rest generously co-sponsored this concert.

Marie-Josée Lord

Photo: Julien Faugère

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Chamber Chat Saturday 3 AUGUST 10am Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets FREE Harry Halbreich musicologist David Kent percussion David Kent discusses his interactions with Canadian composer Claude Vivier.

Balinese Echoes

yegor dyachkov

Yegor Dyachkov and Jean Saulnier

Saturday 3 AUGUST 12pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $30

Saturday 3 AUGUST 3pm

David Kent percussion Mark Duggan percussion David Schotzko percussion Annalee Patipatanakoon violin James Parker piano

National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets $30

The spectral tones of the Balinese gamelan have influenced composers around the world since they were first widely heard at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Programme Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)

Pagodes James Parker

Lou Harrison (1917 – 2003)

Varied Trio

Yegor Dyachkov cello Jean Saulnier piano A programme of modernist and contemporary works that expresses the full intellectual and emotional range, from introspection to whimsy. “Theirs is the kind of dynamic, balanced partnership that recharges chamber music. These two players sense one another’s tiny games with time with mind-reading ease. It’s a soliloquy for two... you can almost imagine the words between the lines.” (Globe and Mail) Programme Sicilienne Op. 78

Annalee Patipatanakoon, David Schotzko, James Parker Cinq Chansons pour percussion Chanson du matin Chanson à midi Chanson au soleil Chanson à la mort Chanson d’adieu

Claude Vivier (1948 – 1983)

David Kent

Chamberfest in the City Saturday 3 AUGUST 12pm Byward Market Tickets FREE

Guerilla Gig in the Byward Market Toronto’s notoriously free-spirited Lemon Bucket Orkestra and assorted free-range musicians occupy Ottawa’s historic Byward Market for a lunch hour guerilla gig. Watch our Facebook page and Twitter feed for details!

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Sonata for Cello Allegro Cavatine Ballabile Finale

Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924) Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)

Tema Sacher (1976)

Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)

Sonata Op. 65 Dialogo Scherzo-Pizzicato Elegia Marcia Moto Perpetuo

Benjamin Britten

Chout (Tale of the Buffoon) The Buffoon Explains his Plan to his Wife The Merchant’s Dream The Buffoon’s Wife The Merchant is Disconsolate Dance of the Fools’ Daughters

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)

Nearly Waltz Op. 98

Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)

Burlesque Op. 97

Nikolai Kapustin

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Siskind “Snapshots” Saturday 3 AUGUST 5:45pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets Included with Pacifica Quartet/Raphael Wallfisch Evelyn Hart narrator Duo Concertante Nancy Dahn violin Timothy Steeves piano

Evelyn Hart and Duo Concertante Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Tonight, legendary Canadian ballerina and former principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Evelyn Hart, joins Duo Concertante to perform a new work by Ottawaborn composer Vincent Ho.

Pacifica Quartet

Photo: Anthony Parmelee

Pacifica Quartet with Raphael Wallfisch Saturday 3 AUGUST 7pm

Programme Maples and Stream Maples and the Stream/A Drop of Water/Gravity A Painter’s Poem Eternity Birth A Political Ice Age The Red Sea The Land of Maples/Desire

Vincent Ho (b. 1990)

Jayme Stone Saturday 3 AUGUST 9:30pm Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts Tickets $35 Includes Lemon Bucket Orkestra Returns!

Jayme Stone banjo Andrew Downing cello Kevin Turcotte trumpet Nick Fraser drums Joseph Phillips double bass

Room of Wonders Two-time Juno Award winning banjoist Jayme Stone performs from his new album, Room of Wonders. The album was inspired by folk dances from around the world and includes music from Norway, Sweden, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, and North America.

The generous support of Harvey and Louise Glatt made this concert possible.

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Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $35 Raphael Wallfisch cello Pacifica Quartet Simin Ganatra violin Sibbi Bernhardsson violin Masumi Per Rostad viola Brandon Vamos cello The exuberant and often-daring Pacifica Quartet, with celebrated British cellist Raphael Wallfisch, perform Schubert’s expansive and unconventional Quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163).

This was Schubert’s final work for chamber ensemble; he died two months after its completion. It is generally thought to be one of the greatest compositions in all chamber music.

Programme Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)

String Quartet No. 63 in B flat major (“Sunrise”), Op. 76 No. 4 Allegro con spirito Adagio Menuet. Allegro & Trio Finale. Allegro ma non troppo

Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945)

String Quartet No. 6 in D major Mesto - Piu mosso, pesante - Vivace Mesto - Marcia Mesto - Burletta Mesto Intermission Quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163) Allegro ma non troppo Adagio Scherzo: Presto - Trio: Andante sostenuto Allegretto

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

The Embassy of the United States generously sponsored this concert.

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Lemon Bucket Orkestra

Lemon Bucket Orkestra Returns!

Photo: Michael Gauthier

Source and Inspiration

Saturday 3 AUGUST 10:45pm

Sunday 4 AUGUST 11pm

Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Beechwood, the National Cemetery of Canada

Tickets $30

Tickets $30

Jaash Singh darbuka Alex Nahirny guitar Christopher Weatherstone alto saxophone Mark Marczyk vocalist Michael Louis Johnson flugelhorn John Williams clarinet Emilyn Stam violin Karl Sylveira trombone Os Kar savage drum Nicolas Buligan trumpet Mike Romaniak sopilka Rob Teehan sousaphone Tangi Ropars button accordion Stephania Woloshyn tambourine Oksana visual artist Anastasia Baczynskyj vocalist

Nancy Dahn violin Timothy Steeves piano

If you missed Chamberfest’s first mosh pit at the 2012 closing night party, then fortune smiles upon you tonight! Gypsy-klezmerpunk boundary busters, Lemon Bucket Orkestra, invade Ottawa for another free-spirited turn at the psychedelic stage. Come ready for musical mayhem. Don’t forget your hippie shirt!

Comme de longs echos

Clifford Crawley (b. 1929)

Petrichor

Jocelyn Morlock (b. 1969)

Duo Concertante Timothy Steves (piano) and Nancy Dahn (violin) present Bach’s momentous sonatas (1, 3, and 4) for violin and keyboard and the Ottawa premiere of Jocelyn Morlock’s Petrichor.

Programme Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Keyboard Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) in C minor, BWV 1017 Largo Allegro Adagio Allegro

Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Keyboard Johann Sebastian Bach in E major, BWV 1016 Adagio Allegro Adagio ma non tanto Allegro WPBS generously sponsored this concert.

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Quotes and Reflections Siskind “Snapshots” Sunday 4 AUGUST 3pm

Sunday 4 AUGUST 5:45pm

National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Tickets $30

Tickets Included with What Makes It Great?

Cecilia String Quartet Min-Jeong Koh violin Sarah Nematallah violin Caitlin Boyle viola Rachel Desoer cello

The Gryphon Trio Annalee Patipatanakoon violin Roman Borys cello James Parker piano

James Wright moderator Lori Gemmell harp Robert Macdonald guitar Maghan McPhee soprano Frédéric Lacroix piano

Afiara String Quartet Yuri Cho violin Valerie Li violin David Samuel viola Adrian Fung cello

JACK Quartet Christopher Otto violin Ari Streisfeld violin John Pickford Richards viola Kevin McFarland cello

Weinzweig @100

The Gryphon Trio and their special guests perform Trio for violin, violoncello and piano, S. 86, K. 2B17 by Charles Ives; Michael Oesterle’s Centennials; Cat O’ Nine Tails (John Zorn); and the world premiere of Kelly-Marie Murphy’s Blues and the Principles of Excitation.

Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Tonight, Dr. James Wright illuminates the life and accomplishments of Canadian composer John Weinzweig on the centenary of his birth. A maverick, revolutionary, and staunch advocate of Canadian contemporary music, Weinzweig remains one of the most important figures in the history of our nation’s arts scene. This compelling perspective includes historical film footage and a live music performance.

Programme

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Trio for violin, cello and piano Moderato TSIAJ (This Scherzo Is A Joke) Presto Moderato con moto Centennials Cat O’ Nine Tails Blues and the Principles of Excitation

Charles Ives (1874 – 1954)

Lori Gemmell Michael Oesterle (b. 1968) John Zorn (b. 1953) Kelly-Marie Murphy (b. 1964)

World premiere of Blues and the Principles of Excitation, commissioned by Roger D. Moore.

Rachel Desoer performs on the 1929 Carlo Giuseppe Oddone cello awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

Photo: Frank Wang

John Weinzweig

Contrasts (1976) IV. Fast with nervous agitation V. Fast Robert Macdonald Private Collection (1975) 1. Says What 2. My dear, etc.

3. Hello Rico

John Weinzweig

Maghan McPhee, Frédéric Lacroix

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Afiara String Quartet

John Weinzweig (1913 - 2006)

15 Pieces for Harp (1983) Shadows

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John Weinzweig

Photo: Canada Arts Connect

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What Makes it Great?

Sunday 4 AUGUST 7pm Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $35 Robert Kapilow commentator, conductor Afiara String Quartet Yuri Cho violin Valerie Li violin David Samuel viola Adrian Fung cello

Cecilia String Quartet Min-Jeong Koh violin Sarah Nematallah violin Caitlin Boyle viola Rachel Desoer cello

Mendelssohn’s Octet Rob Kapilow takes audiences inside Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20. With engaging commentaries, live performances by the Afiara String Quartet and Cecilia String Quartet, and a spirited Q&A, Kapilow provides a fresh approach to the piece. “The kind of enlightening musical seminar in which you hang on to every word and note.” (New York Times)

Photo: Banff Centre

Chamber Chat Monday 5 AUGUST 10am National Gallery of Canada: Lecture Hall

Programme Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20 Allegro moderato con fuoco Andante Scherzo: allegro leggierissimo Presto

Cecilia String Quartet

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

Rachel Desoer performs on the 1929 Carlo Giuseppe Oddone cello awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

Tickets FREE Harry Halbreich musicologist Musicologist Harry Halbreich and guest lecturers offer insightful and entertaining perspectives on the past, present, and future of chamber music. These are fabulously intimate opportunities to learn more about “the music of the room.”

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Saskpower with Warhol DervisH

Sunday 4 AUGUST 9:30pm

Sunday 4 AUGUST 10:45pm

Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Tickets $35 Includes Saskpower with Warhol Dervish

Tickets $30

Ablaye Cissoko kora, vocals Kiya Tabassian setar, vocals Pierre-Yves Martel viola da gamba Ziya Tabassian tombak, percussion

Saskpower Nicole Lizée keyboard, video, electronics Steve Raegele guitar Ben Reimer drums, percussion

Based in Montreal, Constantinople draws its inspiration from the music of the Mediterranean, Medieval and Renaissance Europe, and Middle-Eastern musical traditions.

Warhol Dervish John Corban violin Pemi Paull viola Jean-Christophe Lizotte cello

This special debut presentation features master kora player and griot (storyteller/vocalist) Ablaye Cissoko from Senegal.

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New Music Now II Monday 5 AUGUST 1:30pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets NMNI-III $30 Gary Kulesha commentator Robert Macdonald guitar Joanna G'Froerer flute Donnie Deacon violin Maghan McPhee soprano Frédéric Lacroix piano Donnie Deacon (violin), Frédéric Lacroix (piano), Rob MacDonald (guitar), Joanna G’Froerer (flute), and soprano Maghan McPhee celebrate the centenaries of Lutoslawski, Weinzweig, and Ohana.

Programme Witold Lutoslawski (1913 – 1994)

Partita Allegro giusto Ad Libitum Largo Presto

Megumi Masaki

New Music Now I

Donnie Deacon, Frédéric Lacroix Maurice Ohana (1913 – 1992)

Cadran Lunaire Saturnal Jondo Sylva Candil

Monday 5 AUGUST 12pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets NMNI-III $30 Gary Kulesha commentator Megumi Masaki piano

Robert Macdonald

Music 4 Eyes and Ears II Megumi Masaki performs Music 4 Eyes and Ears II, a four-part piano recital and multimedia performance that weaves together the artificial and real worlds—the known and unknown—through sound, image, and technology.

Programme TOUCH for piano, hand tracking and interactive computer processing (2013)

Keith Hamel (b. 1956)

Orpheus Drones for piano, soundtrack and video (2012)

T. Patrick Carrabré (b. 1958)

Ferrovia for piano, electronics and video (2012) Kubrick Études for piano, amplified typewriter, turntable and video (2013) The generous support of Roger D. Moore made this concert possible.

Brent Lee (b. 1964) Nicole Lizée (b. 1973)

Trialogue (1971) Sh, Never Jump Cow Cry, Sigh, Why My Dear, Etcetera Wow! Who Said?

Do I Duo Oh, That I Were Listen Hear Me Oh, My All is Still Yes, No Sh

John Weinzweig (1913 – 2006)

Maghan McPhee, Joanna G’Froerer, Frédéric Lacroix The generous support of Roger D. Moore made this concert possible.

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New Music Now, Day 1 : A vast range of contemporar the pulse of our time and brilliantly reflects the recent 36 OTTAWA CHAMBERFEST 2013

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New Music Now III Monday 5 AUGUST 3pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets NMNI-III $30 Gary Kulesha commentator

Ensemble Transmission Guy Pelletier flute Lori Freedman clarinet Alain Giguére violin Julie Trudeau cello Julien Grégoire percussion Brigitte Poulin piano

Portrait intime Montreal-based Ensemble Transmission performs a selection of small-ensemble works by celebrated Serbian-Canadian composer, Ana Sokolovic. Sokolovic brilliantly infuses contemporary Canadian sounds with the traditional music of her native country.

Programme Ana Sokolovic (b. 1968)

Portrait parle (2006)

Alain Giguére, Julie Trudeau, Brigitte Poulin Ana Sokolovic

Vez (2005) Julie Trudeau

Ana Sokolovic

Trois études (1997) Brigitte Poulin

Ana Sokolovic

Mesh (2004) Lori Freedman Ciaccona (2002/11)

Ensemble Transmission

Siskind “Snapshots” Monday 5 AUGUST 5:45pm

Ana Sokolovic

Guy Pelletier, Lori Freedman, Alain Giguére, Julie Trudeau, Julien Grégoire, Brigitte Poulin The generous support of Roger D. Moore made this concert possible.

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Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets Included with New York Polyphony James Parker moderator David Schotzko percussion JACK Quartet Christopher Otto violin Ari Streisfeld violin John Pickford Richards viola Kevin McFarland cello

Iannis Xenakis

Photo: M. Daniel

ry art music that measures t past.

Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Guests: Gryphon Trio pianist James Parker talks about the life and career of groundbreaking Greek composer Iannis Xenakis. With a live performance by JACK Quartet and percussionist David Schotzko.

Programme Iannis Xenakis (1922 – 2001)

Rebonds b David Schotzko

Iannis Xenakis (1922 – 2001)

Tetras (1983) JACK Quartet

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New York Polyphony

Photo: Chris Owyoung

New York Polyphony

‘In the Dark’

Monday 5 AUGUST 7pm

Monday 5 AUGUST 10pm

Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Tickets $35

Tickets $30

Geoffrey Williams countertenor Steven Caldicott Wilson tenor Christopher Dylan Herbert baritone Craig Phillips bass-baritone

Christopher Otto violin Ari Streisfeld violin John Pickford Richards viola Kevin McFarland cello

This sensational all-male vocal ensemble applies refined musicianship and interpretative detail—with a refreshingly modern touch—to repertoire that ranges from austere medieval melody to cutting-edge contemporary work.

JACK Quartet

Programme Kyrie Cunctipotens Genitor Deus

Andrew Smith (b. 1970)

Flos regalis

Andrew Smith Anon.

Flos regalis, from the Worcester Fragments (c. 1300) Credo in unum Deum, from Missa ‘sine nomine’

John Plummer (1410 – 1484)

Stella caeli

Walter Lambe (c. 1451 – 1504)

Credo in unum Deum, from Mass for Four Voices

William Byrd (1540 – 1623)

Credo in unum Deum, from Mass for Four Voices

Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505 – 1585)

“This piece must be performed in complete darkness. No music stand lamps and no emergency lighting. The instrumentalists are positioned in the four corners of the room.”

With this command, Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas plunges into the mysterious darkness of his String Quartet No. 3, eliminating the audience’s visual relationship to the performers and their surroundings, and stimulating the aural imagination. As the musicians unleash ghostly microtones and chords, Webernlike melodies and a quotation from Renaissance master Carlo Gesualdo shine out like beacons.

At Chamberfringe, the JACK Quartet offers its “mind-blowingly good” (LA Times) rendition of this exceptional contemporary work.

Programme String Quartet No.3, “In iij. Noct” (2003)

Georg Friedrich Haas (b. 1953)

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Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)

Ite Missa est Intermission

Cyrillus Kreek (1889 – 1962)

Taaveti Laalud

Ivan Moody (b. 1964)

O Gladsome Light (Svete Tikhi)

Philippe Verdelot (1480 – 1530)

O dolce notte

Orlande de Lassus (1532 – 1594)

La nuit froide et sombre A Colloquy with God

Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 – 2012)

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JACK Quartet

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Tuesday 6 AUGUST 10Am

Tuesday 6 AUGUST 1:30Pm

National Gallery of Canada: Lecture Hall

National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium

Tickets FREE

Tickets NMNIV-VI $30

Harry Halbreich musicologist

Gary Kulesha commentator

Musicologist Harry Halbreich and guest lecturers offer insightful and entertaining perspectives on the past, present, and future of chamber music. These are fabulously intimate opportunities to learn more about “the music of the room.”

Krisztina Szabó mezzo-soprano Hedi Viisma kanteli Joanna G'Froerer flute/flûte Pemi Paull viola/alto David Schotzko percussion

New Music Now IV

Voce This mid-day programme features contemporary vocal works by 2013 Teosto Prize winner Matthew Whittall (Canada/Finland), award-winning Hungarian composer György Kurtág, and famed Italian composer Luciano Berio.

Tuesday 6 AUGUST 12Pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets NMNIV-VI $30

Programme

Gary Kulesha commentator JACK Quartet Christopher Otto violin Ari Streisfeld violin John Pickford Richards viola Kevin McFarland cello

A World Only Dreamed

Matthew Whittall (b. 1975)

The Snow Watcher

Matthew Whittall

Attila József Fragments Naturale

JACK Quartet The “mind-blowingly good” (Los Angeles Times) JACK Quartet juxtaposes its own arrangements of Rorate Caeli (a Gregorian chant) and Rodericus’ Angelorum Psalat Tripudium (c. 1400) with contemporary works by John Zorn (Necronomicon) and Helmut Lachenmann (String Quartet No. 3).

György Kurtág (b. 1926) Luciano Berio (1925 – 2003)

The generous support of Roger D. Moore made this concert possible.

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Programme Anon.

Gregorian Chant, Rorate Caeli (arr.

Kevin McFarland) Necronomicon

John Zorn (b. 1953)

Angelorum Psalat (arr. Christopher Otto)

Rodericus

String Quartet No. 3

Helmut Lachenmann (b. 1935)

The generous support of Roger D. Moore made this concert possible.

Krisztina Szabó

Photo: Bo Huang

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New Music Now, Day 2 : A full morning and afternoon at the National Gallery of Canada.

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New Music Now VI Tuesday 6 AUGUST 3Pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets NMNIV-VI $30 Gary Kulesha commentator Claudia Chan piano Lori Freedman clarinet David Schotzko percussion Julie Trudeau cello

JACK Quartet Christopher Otto violin Ari Streisfeld violin John Pickford Richards viola Kevin McFarland cello

A Portrait of Iannis Xenakis Composer, architect, mathematician: Iannis Xenakis was one of the true revolutionaries of the 20th century, creating musical and physical structures of visceral power and startling beauty.

Programme Evryali, for solo piano (1973)

Iannis Xenakis (1922 – 2001)

Charisma, for clarinet and cello (1971)

Iannis Xenakis

Kottos, for cello (1977)

Iannis Xenakis

Psappha, for solo percussion (1975)

Iannis Xenakis

Tetras, for string quartet (1983)

Iannis Xenakis

The generous support of Roger D. Moore made this concert possible.

Siskind “Snapshots” Tuesday 6 AUGUST 5:45Pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets Included with Ehnes and Armstrong Lori Freedman clarinet

Lori Freedman Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Guest: avant-garde multi-instrumentalist Lori Freedman.

James Ehnes

Photo: Benjamin Ealovega

Ehnes and Armstrong Tuesday 6 AUGUST 7Pm Festival Gala: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $29 (C) $35 (B) $47 (A) James Ehnes violin Andy Armstrong piano Two finely balanced musicians, each with his own commanding gifts. Grammy-winning virtuoso violinist James Ehnes and powerhouse pianist Andrew Armstrong deliver mighty performances of Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 6 (in A major, the first of his Opus 30 set); Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 2; and Ravel’s volatile Tzigane.

Programme Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) No. 1 Allegro Adagio molto espressivo Allegretto con variazione Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 Sinfonia. Grave Adagio - Andante Allemande Courante Sarabande Rondeau Capriccio Intermission

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Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 Allegro ma non troppo Scherzo: Allegro marcato Andante Vivace Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert, for violin and piano (or orchestra)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)

Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

The generous support of Bill and Jean Teron, and of Jaguar - Land Rover Ottawa, made this concert possible.

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Villains and Vixens

Carmen, Queen of Hearts

Tuesday 6 AUGUST 10Pm Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts Tickets $30 Peter McGillivray baritone Krisztina Szabó mezzo-soprano Peter Tiefenbach piano Drawing from the diverse worlds of classical art song, Broadway, cabaret, and grand opera, baritone Peter McGillivray, mezzosoprano Krisztina Szabó, and legendary pianist Peter Tiefenbach take us on a deliciously naughty romp through some of the most wonderfully despicable characters ever conceived.

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Don Juan, Prince of Rascals Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

La cì darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Deh vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Serenada Don Zhuana Have some Madeira, m’dear

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) Michael Flanders & Donald Swann (1922 – 1994)

Habañera (from Carmen)

Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)

Chanson de Toréador (from Carmen)

Georges Bizet

Seguidilla (from Carmen)

Georges Bizet

The Curse of the Drinking Classes Peter Warlock (1894 – 1930)

Captain Stratton’s Fancy Griserie ariette, or “The Tipsy Waltz” (from La Périchole)

Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 1880)

Whores, Cutthroats and Worse Quando m’en vo’ (from La Bohème)

Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)

The Ballad of Black Max

William Bolcom (b. 1938)

Bring on the Men (from Jekyll and Hyde)

Frank Wildhorn (b. 1958)

Mack the Knife (from The Threepenny Opera)

Kurt Weill (1900 – 1950)

Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

Tom Lehrer (b. 1928)

The Masochism Tango

Tom Lehrer

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Elora Festival Singers Wednesday 7 AUGUST 12Pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $30 Noel Edison conductor

Elora Festival Singers

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Chamber Chat Wednesday 7 AUGUST 10Am Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets Free Harry Halbreich musicologist Musicologist Harry Halbreich and guest lecturers offer insightful and entertaining perspectives on the past, present, and future of chamber music. These are fabulously intimate opportunities to learn more about “the music of the room.”

Bring the Kids!

Wednesday 7 AUGUST 3Pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets FREE Karin Nagano piano Cecilia String Quartet Min-Jeong Koh violin Sarah Nematallah violin Caitlin Boyle viola Rachel Desoer cello

Mozart: Child Genius A performance of the child Mozart’s most delightful music, with the Cecilia String Quartet and 14-year-old concert pianist Karin Nagano.

Programme

Matthew Larkin organ

James Bourne piano

Lesley Bouza soprano Emma Culpeper soprano Sheila Dietrich soprano Kate Gurnham soprano Teresa Mahon soprano Emily Wall soprano Heather Fleming alto Claudia Lemcke alto Anna Lubinsky alto Nellie Scholtes alto

Charles Davidson tenor Chris Fischer tenor Robert Kinar tenor Joel Vanderzee tenor Michael Cressman bass Brian Emery bass Jeff Enns bass Paul Grambo bass Richard Hrytzak bass Jordan Stumpf bass

The Elora Festival Singers, an all-professional Grammy® and Juno® nominated chamber choir, is renowned for its diverse styles, for its commitment to Canadian repertoire, and for its collaborations with other Canadian artists.

Programme Her Sacred Spirit Soars

Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

Water Night

Eric Whitacre

Sleep

Eric Whitacre

Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues Let Nimrod, the mighty hunter For I will consider my Cat Jeofry For the Mouse For the flowers are great blessings For I am under the same accusation For H is a spirit For at that malignity ceases

Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)

Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 To Daffodils (Robert Herrick) The Succession of the Four Sweet Months (Robert Herrick) Marsh Flowers (George Crabbe) The Evening Primrose (John Clare) The Ballad of Green Broom (Anon.)

Benjamin Britten

Two Lenten Motets Memento mei, Domine Crucem tuam adoramus, Domine

Pawel Lukaszewski (b. 1968)

Beatus vir, Sanctus Antonius

Pawel Lukaszewski

Nunc dimittis

Pawel Lukaszewski

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) K. 414 Allegro Andante (after J.C. Bach) Allegretto

Sanctus from Missa Rigensis

Ugis Praulins (b. 1957)

Agnus Dei from Missa Rigensis

Ugis Praulins

The generous support of Sunny and Nini Pal made this concert possible.

Cartier Place Suite Hotel generously sponsored this concert.

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The Music of Art Wednesday 7 AUGUST 3Pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets $30 Robert Kapilow commentator, conductor Joanna G'Froerer flute Susan Morris oboe Sean Rice clarinet John Corban violin Noémi Racine Gaudreault violin Pemi Paull viola Roman Borys cello Hilda Cowie double bass Thomas Annand harmonium James Parker piano David Schotzko percussion

The Music of Monet; the Art of Debussy Though Debussy despised being called an Impressionist, his name has been linked with the word since he was 25 years old.

But was he an Impressionist? Does the term help us to hear his music differently, and can his music help us see the art of Monet in new ways?

Using the extraordinary eleven-player arrangement of Debussy’s masterpiece, Afternoon of a Faun, which he created for Schoenberg’s “Society for Private Musical Performances” and a wide range of paintings by Monet and his circle, this unusual program engages in a conversation between two artists’ creative worlds as we listen for the music of Monet and see the art of Debussy.

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Gabriela Montero Wednesday 7 AUGUST 7Pm Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)

Siskind “Snapshots” Wednesday 7 AUGUST 5:45Pm Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets Included with Gabriela Montero Karin Nagano piano

Gabriela Montero

Cecilia String Quartet Caitlin Boyle viola Rachel Desoer cello Min-Jeong Koh violin Sarah Nematallah violin

Tickets $35 Gabriela Montero piano Eric Friesen moderator

Hosted and Moderated by Eric Friesen Known for her brilliant, real-time improvisations of complex musical pieces, exceptionally gifted pianist Gabriela Montero skyrocketed to fame when she performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Anthony McGill at the 2009 Obama inauguration.

Montero devotes the first half of our evening to Brahms and Schumann. With host Eric Friesen moderating the second half, Montero invites audience members to suggest melodies that she instantly and flawlessly combines with classical repertoire.

The results are “fascinating, frequently beautiful and certainly thought-provoking” (Toronto Star).

Karin Nagano and the Cecilia String Quartet

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Emerging and established artists offer free, 45-minute “snapshot” performances to ticket holders of the evening’s Siskind Concert at 7:00 pm. Guests: Karin Nagano and the Cecilia String Quartet offer a spirited performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, the third of the first three full concertos he composed for his subscription concerts.

Three Intermezzos, Op. 117 No. 1 in E-flat Major No. 2 in B-flat minor No. 3 in C-sharp minor

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

Fantasie for piano in C major, Op. 17 Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschäftlich vorzutragen Mässig, durchaus energisch Langsam getragen, durchweg leise zu halten

Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)

Programme Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) K. 415 Allegro Andante Rondeau. Allegro The generous support of Sunny and Nini Pal made this concert possible.

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Intermission Improvisations

Gabriela Montero

The generous support of Harvey and Louise Glatt made this concert possible.

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Florquestra

Pallade Musica

Wednesday 7 AUGUST 10Pm

Thursday 8 AUGUST 12Pm

Kun Chamberfringe: Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts

Dominion-Chalmers United Church

Tickets $30

Tickets $30

Florquestra Brasil Ottawa-based Florquestra Brasil serves up a sultry selection of sambas, bossa novas, and Brazilian harmony. Featuring Regina Gomes Teixeira (vocals, percussion) and Leonard Constant (guitar, vocals).

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Mylene Belanger harpsichord Esteban LaRotta lute Tanya LaPerrière violin Elinor Frey cello Grand Prize winners at the Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition in New York. This Montreal-based period instrument ensemble performs repertoire for violin and cello, in which the cello serves not only as the basso continuo, or as the solo instrument, but as a melodic counterpart for the violin.

Programme Sinfonia in d minor (No. 22)

Alessandro Stradella (1644 – 1682) G. G. Kapsberger (c. 1580 – 1651)

Preludio in d minor from Libro quarto d’intavolatura di chitarrone (1640) Divisions on “Vestiva i colli” from Selva de Varij Passaggi (1620)

Francesco Rognoni (d. 1626) Adam Jarzebski (1590 – 1642)

Concerto terzo from Canzone e concerti (1627)

Pallade Musica

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Cheng2 Duo Thursday 8 AUGUST 3Pm National Gallery of Canada: Auditorium Tickets $30

Sonata for violin and violone from Concerti ecclesiastici (Milan, 1610)

Bryan Cheng cello Silvie Cheng piano Tokyo-born Canadian pianist Silvie Cheng and her brother, cellist Bryan Cheng, in recital. Repertoire to include Beethoven’s Sonata for cello and piano No. 3 in A major, Op. 69; Brahms’ Sonata for cello and piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 99; and two contemporary works by Chinese-Canadian composer Alexina Louie.

Programme Sonata for cello and piano No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 Allegro ma non tanto Scherzo. Allegro molto Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Alexina Louie (b. 1949)

Wild Horse Running

Alexina Louie

Sonata for cello and piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 Allegro vivace Adagio affettuoso Allegro passionato Allegro molto

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

The generous support of Don and Lois Harper made this concert possible.

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Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570 – 1630) Giuseppe Maria Jacchini (1667 – 1727)

Sonata in C major for solo cello, Op. 10, No. 3 from Concerti per camera (Modena, 1697) Presto e Spiritoso Adagio Aria alla francese Minuet

Giovanni Legrenzi (1626 – 1690)

Sonata “La Donata” from Sonate à due e tre Op. 2 (Venice, 1655) Sonata in d minor, K. 141

Pond Mirrors Bright Sky

Nicola Francesco Haym (1678 – 1729)

Sonata No. 10 in A minor for violin, cello, and basso continuo from Sonate a tre, op. 2 (1704) Grave Allemanda. Andante Adagio Presto

Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)

Sonata secunda from Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Libro I (Venice, 1621)

Don’t miss our spectacular Closing Night celebration: Edward Gregson’s “cinematic” Trumpets of the Angels.

Dario Castello (1590 – 1658)

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Trumpets of the Angels

Trumpets of the Angels Thursday 8 AUGUST 7Pm Siskind Concert: Dominion-Chalmers United Church Tickets $35 Jens Lindeman trumpet William O’Meara organ Hannaford Street Silver Band Raymond Tizzard conductor Norman Engel soprano cornet Robert Venables solo cornet Mike Fedyshyn solo cornet Anita McAlister solo cornet Robert Weymouth solo cornet Shawn Spicer repiano cornet Ted Sparks second cornet Brindley Venables second cornet Andras Molnar third cornet Steve Woomert third cornet Doug Chaulk flugelhorn Linda Bronicheski solo horn Tom Wade West first horn Vince Barbee second horn Ian Cowie solo baritone Maurice Wozniak baritone Alastair Kay solo trombone Charles Benaroya second trombone David Pell bass trombone Curtis Metcalf solo euphonium Brendan Rawlins euphonium Robert Brown solo Eb bass Noel Samuels Eb bass Jennifer Stephen solo Bb bass Ian Feenstra Bb bass John Browell timpani Brian Barlow percussion Tim Francom percussion

Hannaford Street Silver Band “And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets” (Book of Revelations).

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Toronto’s award-winning Hannaford Street Silver Band closes Chamberfest 2013 with the glorious Ottawa premiere of The Trumpets of the Angels, Edward Gregson’s most ambitious, stylistically advanced, and extravagantly scored brass band work. Gregson himself described his composition as “cinematic.”

Colossal, or any other from a catalogue of superlatives, would serve as well.

This magnificent performance features concert organist William O’Meara and Jens Lindeman, one of the most celebrated trumpet soloists in his instrument’s history.

Programme Kevin Lau (b. 1982)

Great North Overture

Gabriel Major Marothy (b. 1977)

Suite for Band Toccata Hymn (for Alexandra) Finale

Andrew Ager (b. 1962)

L’Orgue Joyeux William O’Meara

Alan Gilliland (b. 1965)

Dreaming of the Masters III 101 Dalmations Prayer Lower Neighbours Jens Lindeman Intermission

Godfrey Ridout (1918 – 1984)

Fall Fair (arr. Stephen Bulla) Wildfire

Rob Teehan (b. 1983)

Windows from Cathedral Architecture

John Burge (b. 1961)

William O’Meara Trumpets of the Angels

Edward Gregson (b. 1945)

Jens Lindeman, William O’Meara Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP generously sponsored this concert. A gift from the Estate of Freda Ridout underwrote tonight’s performance of Fall Fair.

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Your lasting legacy Un legs durable Photo: Michael Gauthier

Legendary music critic Jacob Siskind, for whom our popular Siskind Concerts are named, remembered us in his will. Today, we are all the beneficiaries of his remarkable and generous gift.

Le critique légendaire Jacob Siskind, qui a prêté son nom à nos Concerts Siskind très appréciés, ne nous a pas oubliés dans son testament. Aujourd’hui, nous bénéficions tous de ce cadeau généreux et exceptionnel qui nous été fait.

What will your lasting legacy be?

Quel legs durable souhaitez-vous laisser?

Share your passion for great music with future generations. Call 613.234.8008 ext. 225 to include the Ottawa Chamber Music Society in your estate plan.

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Artist Biographies Afiara Quartet

Beaver, Martin

The all-Canadian, multi-award-winning Afiara String Quartet—Valerie Li (first violin), Yuri Cho (second violin), David Samuel (viola) and Adrian Fung (cello)—balances a lively interest in new works with deep insight into core classical repertoire. Formed in 2006, it takes its name from the Spanish fiar, meaning ‘to trust,’ a basic element vital to the depth and joy of the quartet’s music-making.

Canadian violinist Martin Beaver was named First Violin of the Tokyo String Quartet in 2002. With the quartet, he appeared on the world’s major stages. His concerto and recital appearances have spanned four continents with orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony, l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He has performed with Pinchas Zukerman, Raymond Leppard, Charles Dutoit and many other conductors. Beaver is a laureate of the Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, and Indianapolis violin competitions.

Allen, Tom A passionate music lover, story teller, accomplished trombonist, writer and broadcaster, Tom Allen brings his entertaining wit and love for music to his hosting duties on CBC Radio’s Shift program. Allen studied at McGill University, graduated from Boston University, and received his Master of Arts degree at Yale University. He has authored three books and lives with his family in Toronto.

Ansell, Gillian Gillian Ansell is a founding member of the New Zealand String Quartet.

Born in Auckland, Ansell began violin and piano lessons at an early age. At 16 years old she made her concerto debut with the Auckland Symphonia (now the Auckland Philharmonia). In 2008, Ansell was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. That same year she was invited to play at the state funeral for eminent New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary.

Armstrong, AndREW Praised by critics for his passionate expression and exceptional technique, pianist Andrew Armstrong has dazzled audiences in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the United States, and Canada. Before beginning his career as a concert pianist, Armstrong received over 25 national and international first prizes. His ever-growing career has been defined by having performed in over 35 concertos, with a large repertoire ranging from Bach to Babbit and beyond.

Bareil, Antoine Antoine Bareil has accumulated an impressive range of experiences and accomplishments for such a young violinist. He has already performed with several ensembles in over a dozen countries. A graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Trois-Rivieres and winner of the Canada Music Competition, he grabbed the attention of European critics with his arrangements of the music of Frank Zappa. His range includes the work of Philip Glass, Karlheiz Stockhausen, and a long list of other composers.

Barnes, Ariel Cellist Ariel Barnes engages audiences with his imaginative interpretations and commanding stage presence. Barnes’s performances range from unaccompanied Bach to world premieres of contemporary art music. The performance of 21st century art music plays a significant role in his creative life. His project Couloir, with harpist Heidi Krutzen, focuses on the composition of new music for the combination of cello and harp. Barnes has been playing a 1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello since 2011.

Borys, Roman Roman Borys, Artistic Director of Chamberfest, is one of Canada’s most active chamber musicians. He is the founding member of the Gryphon Trio. In addition to pursuing an award-winning career as a cellist, Borys oversees the Trio’s various education and outreach projects and has contributed consistently excellent programming to the Ottawa Chamber Music Society since 2009. A native of Toronto, Roman studied at Indiana and Yale Universities and teaches at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music.

Brueggergosman, Measha The international press has praised Canadian Soprano Measha Brueggergosman for her voluptuous voice and a sovereign stage presence far beyond her years. Being chosen to sing the Olympic Hymn to open the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a notable career milestone. Her 2012-13 season includes her Berlin Philharmonic debut in Porgy and Bess under the baton of Music Director Sir Simon Rattle. She also joined Jukka-Pekka Saraste on a European tour and performed in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Montreal.

Campbell, James Clarinetist James Campbell has performed worldwide as guest soloist with over 60 orchestras and more than 30 string quartets. Prominent composers have written for him. His numerous recordings include the Debussy Rhapsody with Glenn Gould and Berio’s arrangement of the Brahms F minor Sonata with the London Symphony. He has won a Juno award, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, and the Order of Canada.

Campbell is a Professor at Indiana University and Artistic Director of the Festival of the Sound.

Canton, Lisette Lisette Canton is a choral and orchestral conductor, vocal coach and technician, adjudicator, workshop leader, and early music specialist.

Canton is the Conductor and founding Artistic Director of the Ottawa Bach Choir, which performs choral music from all historical periods while focusing on J.S. Bach repertoire. She led the choir on its first European tour in May 2005 to sing in the historic Thomaskirche in Leipzig and the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart. She is a faculty member at York University.

Cazes, Henrique Considered the best cavaquinho soloist today and certainly one of the most active, Henrique Cazes developed parallel careers as an awardOttawa CHAMBERFEST 2013 49

winning record producer and as a composer of film, theater and television soundtracks. Cazes founded and leads the Orquestra Pixinguinha —which, since 1988, has performed and recorded Pixinguinha’s original arrangements. CDs have also been released in Europe and Japan.

Cecilia String Quartet Named for the patron saint of music, the Cecilia String Quartet— Win-Jeong Koh (violin), Sarah Nematallah (violin), Caitlin Boyle (viola), Rachel Desoer (cello)—was founded in 2004 at the University of Toronto.

The Quartet placed first in the 2010 Banff International String Quartet Competition. They are dedicated to large-scale collaborative projects aimed at musical exploration and innovation and to commissioning new works. Their contract with Analekta includes recently-released recordings of music by Dvorák and by Janácek, Berg, and Webern.

Chan, Claudia Hailed as the “Ambassador for New Music” (Ottawa Citizen) and as a “powerful, expressive, and energetic pianist,” during her first-place performance at the 33rd Eckhardt-Gramatte National Piano Competition for Contemporary Music, Claudia Chan made her concert debut at 11 playing Mozart’s Concerto in C major, K.415 under the direction of Jean-François Rivest. Since then, she has performed solo and chamber recitals throughout North America and Europe. Chan is pursuing her Master’s of Music at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.

Cheng Duo The Cheng Duo—Bryan (cellist), Silvie (pianist)—has been praised respectively as “gifted with abundant facility, innate musicality, and a sense of joy” and for “thoroughly idiomatic and polished performances” (New York Concert Review). Tokyo-born Chinese Canadian, Silvie made her Carnegie Hall debut in Weill Recital Hall in March 2011. She returned in October 2011 for a sold-out recital with her Ottawa-born brother.

Chooi, Timothy As winner of the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank Competition in 2012, Timothy Chooi has had the privilege of using a 1729 Guarneri del Gesu. He recently debuted with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Toronto Philharmonia, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony, Highland Park Symphony in Chicago, Place des Arts Recital Series in Montreal, and Northern Arts Centre in Northern Canada.

Cissoko, Ablaye Ablaye Cissoko is a musician-storyteller from Senegal who is a master at playing the kora. He is an international performer who transmits the values of a generous tradition with smoothness, grace, and intelligence and sings with sincerity, peace, and respect for others. Cissoko is determined to preserve his 1000-year-old tradition and dreams of having a thriving cultural centre where children can learn the traditions of their forefathers.

Conly, Melanie Praised for her “passion and charm” (Now Magazine) and for her “sweet voice delivery” (Toronto Star), soprano Melanie Conly is rapidly establishing herself on stages across Canada. Her oratorio repertoire includes music by Bach, Brahms, Fauré, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Poulenc, Vivaldi, and Vaughan Williams. She performs with a growing number of choirs and orchestras and is noted for her commanding performances of new music. Conly maintains a teaching studio in Toronto, and frequently coaches while travelling. She is a devoted yoga practitioner.

Constantinople Founded in Montreal in 1998, Constantinople originally included Kiya Tabassian (setar, vocals, and composition) and Ziya Tabassian (tombak and other percussive instruments). In 2008, the ensemble welcomed

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ConSTANZE trio The ConSTANZE piano trio—Stephen Nguyen (piano), Eva Aronian (violin), Tate Zawadiak (cello)—convened at the Mount Royal University Academy program. Individually, each has achieved great results, but collectively they make a formidable ensemble. This summer, ConSTANZE performs at the Festival of the Sound, the Canada Music Competition national finals in Quebec, and at Ottawa Chamberfest.

Dagher, Seán Seán Dagher is an active performer, arranger, and composer of music from various folk and classical music traditions: Celtic, Baroque, medieval, French-Canadian, and Maritime. He is the Artistic Director of Skye Consort and its principal arranger.

Desoer, Rachel Rachel is a cellist from Hamilton, Ontario currently playing with the Cecilia String Quartet. She graduated from Oberlin Conservatory in 2008 with a Bachelor of Music degree and has also studied at the Julliard School, McGill University, and the Banff Centre. She has had the good fortune of touring Europe and China and competing in the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in Australia.

Duggan, Mark Mark Duggan is a contemporary percussionist and composer with a wide range of skills in various musical disciplines. His creative work explores the intersections of different genres and aesthetics.

Duo Concertante Formed in 1997, the Duo Concertante—Nancy Dahn (violin), Timothy Steeves (piano)—has consistently been praised by critics throughout Canada, the United States, China, and Europe for impeccable technique and uncanny perfection. Champions of Canadian new music, they have commissioned pieces by many of their country’s leading composers.

Their recordings and live performances are frequently broadcast on CBC/Radio Canada as well as on NPR in the United States.

Durán, Hilario Hilario Durán is considered to be one of the most important contemporary Cuban pianists, arrangers, and composers. Nicknamed “Con Tumbao” for his creative use of the tumbao repetitive bass figures, he has toured Latin America and Europe and performed on concert stages and in festivals worldwide. Durán’s Latin Jazz Big Band was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2007. He has received three Juno Awards, over a dozen National Jazz Awards and the Chico O’Farrill Lifetime Achievement Award.

Drake, Julius Pianist Julius Drake lives in London and specializes in chamber music, working with many of the world’s leading artists, both in recital and on disc. Highlights in his recent schedule include a tour of the United States and Canada with Gerald Finley and recording the complete songs of Franz Liszt for Hyperion: the second disc in the series, with Angelika Kirchschlager, won the BBC Music Magazine Award for 2012.

Duncan, Christine Christine Duncan is the lead vocalist in the Element Choir Project. She began learning her craft in church. A minister’s daughter, she performed

with her musical family, The Duncans, in gospel shows on stages across North America from the age of five. When she was 15, she recorded her first album of her own original gospel tunes in Nashville. A musical chameleon with a near five-octave range, Duncan uses her voice as an instrument exploring its full tonal, timbral, and textural range.

Dwyer, Phil Multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger, educator and seven-time Juno Award winner, Phil Dwyer debuted on the international jazz scene in his late teens. Originally from Canada’s West Coast, Dwyer sought out the action and excitement of New York City in 1983 to study with Steve Grossman and David Liebman. Dwyer is one of the most recorded musicians in Canada. For several years, he ran the Phil Dwyer Academy of Musical and Culinary Arts on Vancouver Island, where he has lived since 2004.

Dyachkov, Yegor Cellist Yegor Dyachkov is a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist. Since winning CBC Artist of the Year in 2000, Dyachkov has performed throughout the world. Dyachkov has premiered works dedicated to him such as Sonata by Jacques Hétu, Ironman by Michael Oesterle, Vez for solo cello by Ana Sokolovic, as well as Menuhin: Présence by the late André Prévost. Yo-Yo Ma and Sony Music invited him to join the Silk Road Project. He teaches at McGill and l’Université de Montréal and offers masterclasses.

Ehnes, James Named “the Jascha Heifetz of our day” (Globe and Mail), violinist James Ehnes is widely considered to be one of classical music’s most dynamic and exciting performers. Ehnes is a Member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada. He was nominated for two Juno awards in 2013: Classical Album of the year (solo) for Bartók : Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1 and Classical Album of the year (ensemble) for Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. The latter won a Juno.

Element Choir Project The Element Choir is an improvising choir from Toronto led by vocalist Christine Duncan. The group works with both structured and nonstructured elements, based primarily on a system of conductor cues.

It explores textural and timbral sound qualities, soundscapes, rhythmic patterns, sound poetry, group and individual composition ideas, musical genre interplay, and extended voice techniques. This cinematic approach to group vocalizing presents both tonal and non-tonal material in a constantly evolving and ‘in the moment’ sonic environment.

Elora Festival Singers The Elora Festival Singers (EFS) are known for diverse styles, commitment to Canadian repertoire, and collaborations with other Canadian artists. Noel Edison founded the EFS in 1980 as the Elora Festival’s principal choral ensemble. In 1992, the ensemble was incorporated as a separate organization. Since 1997, the choir has been the core of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers, and is the Elora Festival choral ensemble-in-residence. The ensemble was nominated for a 2013 Juno Award for the album, I Saw Eternity.

Fagan, Christine Ottawa-born Jazz vocalist Christine Fagan has been performing as a soloist for over 15 years. She was also a member of the four-woman vocal group, Cantarra. Known for her ability to collaborate, she has performed in numerous combos at mostly local venues including dinner clubs, the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, and on Parliament Hill. She has also done voice work for film and television. Once, Fagan’s debut CD, features her rich contralto voice and her unique approach to lyrics.

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Ferguson, Mark Mark Ferguson is an Ottawa-based musician who works as a trombonist, pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator. During his twentyyear career, Ferguson has performed with many of the world’s great artists, including: Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Gil Evans, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdink, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He tours regularly with The Funk Brothers. Ferguson currently serves on the Jazz studies faculty at Carleton University.

Florquestra Regina Gomes Teixeira (vocals, percussion), Leonard Constant (guitar, vocals), Silvio Módolo (bass, cavaquinho, accordion, keys, guitar, viola caipira, melodion, vocals), Angel Araos (percussion, drums), Fernando Acosta (percussion, berimbau), Evandro Gracelli (guitar, cavaquinho, vocals) are Florquestra’s six Canadian world-folk musicians from Brazil, Chile, and Romania. They combine elements of samba, bossa nova, and forró with Afro-Brazilian, Andean, Parisian, and Balkanic rhythms.

Florquestra’s special Chamberfest guests include: René Gely (guitar), Alexandre Cunha (drums), Jasmin Lalande (saxophones, flute), Paul Doyle (trumpet, flugelhorn), Gabriel Estrela Pinto (cuica) and Projeto Coisa Fina (brass octet).

Fox, Kevin Over the last few years, Kevin Fox has composed arrangements for singers including Justin Bieber and Kathleen Edwards. He has recorded with a diversity of artists ranging from Raine Maida to Celine Dion. Fox has also toured extensively with Chantal Kreviazuk, Steven Page, Tom Cochrane and Olivia Newton-John. He was on the road in support of his own critically acclaimed 2008 release of Songs For Cello and Voice. Set Right is the third album Fox has written and recorded.

Freedman, Lori Lori Freedman has a reputation for musical daring that places her in the front ranks of the musical avant-garde in North America (Vancouver Sun). Based in Montreal, Freedman is an independent and freelance contrabass, bass, A, B-flat, C, and E-flat clarinet performer. She plays both written and improvised music, including settings from orchestra, concerti, chamber ensemble, and solo. Freedman has also written concert music, music for dance, film, and theatre and performs in all of these arenas. Freedman teaches contemporary and improvised music for all instruments.

Friesen, Eric Eric Friesen is a veteran broadcaster, writer, and speaker on music and culture. He was a CBC Radio and Minnesota Public Radio (NPR) network music host and producer and a network executive for both organizations. He has interviewed Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, Lyle Lovett, Chris Botti, k d lang, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and many others. Since 2008 Friesen has served many major Canadian cultural organizations. In addition to his love of music and its cultural role, Friesen is particularly interested in the intersection of music and the other arts.

Geggie, John John Geggie is active in the Ottawa-Hull region as a freelance double bass player and teacher. In addition to his work in the award-winning Jazz quartet, Chelsea Bridge, and the Juno-nominated world beat group, The Angstones, he is much in-demand for recordings and concerts/broadcasts on both the CBC and Radio-Canada.

Gemmell, Lori Lori Gemmell has been the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony harpist since 1999. Previously, she played with Orchestra London and the Calgary 52 OTTAWA CHAMBERFEST 2013

Phillharmonic. She has simultaneous careers as an orchestral and chamber musician, a soloist, and a teacher at Wilfrid Laurier University, Redeemer University College, and her own private studio. Her Masters degree is from the University of Toronto. She is a member of the Four Seasons Harp Quartet and has played on recordings with Kevin Fox, and Feist’s Grammy-nominated The Reminder. She also creates music and story performances with her husband, Tom Allen.

Giunta, Wallis During the 2012-13 season, “vocally outstanding” (Opera News) Canadian mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta made her Metropolitan Opera main stage debut as the Countess of Ceprano in Rigoletto (Verdi), performed the role of Annio in the Canadian Opera Company’s La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart), and Dorabella in the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist production of Cosi fan tutte (Mozart). She also debuted with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Roy Thomson Hall, the Edmonton Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Concierto Madrid.

Greenleaf, Jolle “Golden soprano” Jolle Greenleaf is “a major force in the New York early music scene” (New York Times). As one of the leading voices in the field, she is a popular soloist in performances of music by Bach, Buxtehude, Handel, Purcell and, most notably, Claudio Monteverdi. As Artistic Director of the virtuosic one-voice-per-part ensemble Tenet, Greenleaf creates diverse programs, directs, and sings in performances of repertoire spanning the middle ages to the present day.

Grégoire, Julien Julien Grégoire is a versatile and well-known percussionist from Montreal. Actively involved in contemporary music, Grégoire is a member of the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec. He performs regularly with organizations such as ACREQ and Codes d’Accès, and often collaborates in theatre and dance, as well as in musical improvisation. With flutist Guy Pelletier, he founded the duet, Traces, which plays regularly in concert and on disc. Grégoire has also played as soloist in Quebec and abroad.

Gryphon Trio The Gryphon Trio—Jamie Parker (piano), Annalee Patipatanakoon (violin), Roman Borys (cello)—performs throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe and nurtures future generations of musicians and audiences through their many education and outreach projects. In 2013, two of the Trio’s collaborative projects were nominated for Juno awards.

Alexina Louie’s Echoes of Time, commissioned and recorded by the Gryphon Trio, earned a Classical Composition of the Year nomination.

They’re also soloists in Jeffery Ryan’s triple concerto Equilatera on the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s album Fugitive Colours, nominated for Best Classical Album, Large Ensemble.

Halbreich, Harry Harry Halbreich, the noted musicologist, teacher, and author, studied with Arthur Honegger and Olivier Messiaen and taught musical analysis at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Mons. His writings include studies of modern and contemporary composers such as Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Edgard Varèse, Arthur Honegger, Bohuslav Martinù, and Iannis Xenakis, as well as many articles on classical composers ranging from Bach and Beethoven to Bruckner and Sibelius.

Hamelin, Marc-André Grammy-nominated pianist Marc-André Hamelin is well known for his blend of musicianship and prodigious virtuosity, and his bold exploration of unfamiliar pianistic terrain. Lately, he has increasingly turned his attention to the established masterworks of the piano literature in

performances and recordings of the piano sonatas of Haydn, major works by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, and others. Hamelin is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier de l’Ordre du Québec, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada.

Hannaford Street Silver Band The Hannaford Street Silver Band is Toronto’s award-winning brass band and Resident Company of Toronto’s St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. The Hannaford Street Silver Band was formed in 1983 by a group of musicians with a love of the brass band repertoire and ensemble playing.

In North America, there is only one other professional brass band: The River City Band of Pittsburgh.

Hart, Evelyn Evelyn Hart began her ballet training at the age of 14 at the Dorothy Carter School of Dance Arts in London, Ontario. She made her professional debut with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1976 and was rapidly promoted to Soloist and Principal Dancer, touring with the company throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. A popular guest artist, she has also appeared with numerous leading ballet companies on stages throughout the world.

thought that this kind of missionary enterprise did not pass from this earth with Leonard Bernstein. Rob Kapilow is awfully good at what he does. We need him.” (Boston Globe)

Keesmaat, Amanda Amanda Keesmaat has been a vibrant presence in the Montreal earlymusic community for more than ten years. Originally from Hamilton, Amanda obtained her Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Ontario and her Artist Diploma from McGill University. Playing continuo, she has recorded and performed with prominent singers such as Matthew White, Daniel Taylor, Natalie Paulin, Shannon Mercer, Suzie LeBlanc, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, as well as with ensembles such as Arion, Les Voix Baroques, and Les Boréades.

Kehler, Alex A McGill University music graduate in baroque violin, Alex Kehler has devoted more than a decade to Celtic fiddle styles as well as other world music. Currently living in Sherbrooke, he has discovered a love of teaching while maintaining an active playing career. Other musical projects include: Skye Consort, La Nef, Jeunes Musiciens du Monde, and others.

He has recorded over 20 CDs.

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Alan Hetherington is a Canadian drummer/percussionist who has travelled and studied widely in South America and the Caribbean. He has studied Cumbia in Colombia, the Joropo tradition (maracas) in Venezuela, Afro-Peruvian music in Peru, Cuban folkloric music in Havana, and specializes in the many musical styles of Brazil.

David Kent has been Principal Timpani of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 1981, and Orchestra Personnel Manager since 1987. He grew up in Toronto and began playing drums after a strong childhood dose of Frank Sinatra. Once Kent discovered the timpani, he was compelled to explore percussion in many different cultures. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in performance and ethnomusicology from the University of Toronto. Recently, he completed an arrangement of Claude Vivier’s Cinq Chansons pour percussion, and a book entitled Timpani Playing in the 21st Century.

JACK Quartet The JACK Quartet—Christopher Otto (violin), Ari Streisfeld (violin), John Pickford Richards (viola), Kevin McFarland (cello)—is focused on the commissioning and performance of new works. Critics have written about the quartet’s “explosive virtuosity” (Boston Globe) and “viscerally exciting performances” (New York Times). The members of the quartet met while attending the Eastman School of Music. They have since studied with the Arditti Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Muir String Quartet, and members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain. JACK has performed to critical acclaim around the world.

James, Eleanor Eleanor James is a founding member of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble in Toronto and has had a successful international career as a mezzo-soprano ever since. In 1983, she began working with R. Murray Schafer. Over the course of almost 30 years, Schafer has written numerous works for James. In 2013, she completed her Master of Divinity at the University of Toronto, where she has been the recipient of multiple scholarships and awards.

Jeay, Grégoire Specializing in Baroque flute, Grégoire Jeay frequently performs in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. He has played in France, Belgium, Mexico, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the Unites States. He is recognized for his musicality and expressiveness, as well as for his ornamentation and improvisation skills. His virtuosity on the transverse flute is equally appreciated on the recorder and various flutes from around the world.

Kapilow, Rob As a conductor, composer, and commentator, Rob Kapilow has brought the joy and wonder of classical music to audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and unravelled some of its mysteries. He opens new ears to musical experiences and helps people to listen actively. “It’s a cheering

Kolesnikov, Pavel Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov—2012 Honens Prize laureate—plays with “brilliance, but also a caressing, almost sly intimacy” (Telegraph, London). Kolesnikov studies at Moscow State Conservatory with Sergey Dorensky, at London’s Royal College of Music with Norma Fisher, and at Brussel’s Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel with Maria João Pires. Since his 2008 recital debut at the Moscow Conservatory in 2008, Kolesnikov has performed throughout Russia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. He was a featured artist at the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival 2005 and 2006, and the Verbier Festival and Academy in 2007 and 2009.

Krechkovsky, Iryna Iryna Krechkovsky is a prize-winning violinist with an international career in solo, chamber, and orchestral performances. Celebrated for her tone, emotionality, and precision, she has been featured at a wide range of venues including: Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall; Alice Tully Hall, in New York; Town Hall, in Seattle; and The American Church, in Paris, France. Iryna Krechkovsky performs on the 1689 Baumgartner Stradivari violin on loan by the Canada Council for the Arts Music Instrument Bank.

Krutzen, Heidi Heidi Krutzen is a leading Canadian musician. She’s known for her solo, chamber music, and orchestral performances; for her collaborations with composers; and for her excellence as a teacher. Krutzen’s newest ensemble, Couloir, with cellist Ariel Barnes, explores the exquisite and rarely-heard combination of cello and harp.

Kuerti, Anton Anton Kuerti, “one of the truly great pianists of this century” (Classic Ottawa CHAMBERFEST 2013 53

CD), was born in Austria, grew up in the United States, and has lived in Canada for more than 35 years. His distinguished international career and vast repertoire have taken him to 40 countries for performances with most of the world’s major orchestras. Kuerti is also a recitalist, chamber musician, and recording artist. He has several honourary doctorates, is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and received the Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award.

Kulak, Bryce Bryce Kulak’s cabaret songs will weave themselves into your warmest sweaters. His crisp diction makes it easy to sing along. Bryce grew up onstage and acting in theatre and playing classical piano. An awardwinning composer, he has performed with symphony orchestras and in theatrical world premieres. He crafts original songs that showcase his talents as a dramatist, vocalist, and musician.

Lacroix, Frédéric Pianist Frédéric Lacroix enjoys an extremely varied career as performer, teacher, adjudicator, and composer. His many concert and radio appearances include the premieres of a number of Canadian and American works, including his own song cycle Nova Scotia Tartan (2004), featured on Hail, a disc dedicated to Canadian art song. Lacroix is currently on the faculty at the University of Ottawa.

La Nef Founded in Montreal in 1991, La Nef is dedicated to creating and producing early, world, and original music. La Nef brings versatile and innovative musicians together, resulting in stylistic diversity and a unique signature. Under the artistic direction of Sylvain Bergeron and Claire Gignac, La Nef produces concerts, recordings, and musical tales for youth. Since its inception, La Nef has been attentive to the historical and 54 OTTAWA CHAMBERFEST 2013

theatrical settings of its shows. Historical and literary themes underpin all its concerts of early and traditional music.

La Rose des Vents La Rose des Vents, a Montreal-based early music group, was founded by historical trombonist Catherine Motuz and cornettist Matthew Jennejohn. The ensemble has been playing together in various guises since 2009, when it combined with Les Voix Baroques to perform at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. The name La Rose des Vents—“The Compass Rose”—reflects the spirit of exploration in early music.

LeBlanc, Suzie Internationally renowned, Acadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc has established an extraordinary career specializing in Baroque and Classical repertoire and exploring and recording a substantial amount of unpublished material while living in Europe. Her thirst and curiosity for new vistas now lead her toward the repertoire of French mélodies, lieder, Acadian folk music, contemporary music—as well as exploring the art of improvisation with Helmut Lipsky and « Au parfum de Tango ».

Leipzig String Quartet The Leipzig Quartet—Stefan Arzberger (first violin), Tilman Büning (second violin) Ivo Bauer (viola) and Matthias Moosdorf (cello)—has been lauded for its “rich, mellow, unadulterated beauty” (New York Times). It has garnered the attention of international critics and audiences at major European concert halls and festivals with its distinctive dark timbre and meticulously sculpted interpretations of a widely varied repertoire. Since 1991, the quartet has had its own series at Gewandhaus. Its recordings have won ECHO and Diapason d’Or awards and prizes from the German Record Reviewers.

Lemelin, Stéphane Pianist Stéphane Lemelin is well-known to audiences throughout Canada and regularly performs in the United States, Europe, and Asia. A guest soloist of the major Canadian orchestras, he also frequently performs as a recitalist and chamber music partner. His repertory is vast, with a predilection for the German Classical and Romantic literature and a particular affinity for French music. Lemelin is also Artistic Director of the Prince Edward County Music Festival.

Lemon Bucket Orkestra The Lemon Bucket Orchestra, founded in 2010, is self-described as a “Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-Punk-Super-Party-Band.” The concept for the band grew out of a conversation between founding members Mark Marczyk and Tangi Ropars in a Vietnamese restaurant in Toronto.

Lessing, Kolja Kolja Lessing is a concert violinist and composer. Following his initial musical training with his mother, Lessing studied violin in Basel with Hansheinz Schneeberger. He has refined his artistic sensibility through his relationships with Zoltán Székely, Berthold Goldschmidt, and Ignace Strasfogel. He is a tireless champion of neglected repertoire. Lessing reintroduced the forgotten violin suites of Johann Paul Westhoff and the violin fantasias of Georg Philipp Telemann to the repertoire. In recognition of his efforts, Lessing was awarded Germany’s Johann Wenzel Stamitz Prize in 1999.

Les Voix Baroques Les Voix Baroques specializes in Renaissance and Baroque music in formats ranging from traditional concerts to fully-staged operatic productions. The ensemble includes: Shannon Mercer (soprano), Laura Pudwell (alto), Colin Balzer (tenor), Sumner Thompson (baritone), Robert Macdonald (bass), Lucas Harris (lute), Sylvain Bergeron (lute), Margaret Little (viola da gamba), Alexander Weimann (organ, director), Josée Lalonde (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Tanya Laperierre (violin), Chantal Rémillard (violin), Nicholas Fortin (viola), Bruce Dickey (cornetto), Matthew Jennjohn (cornetto), Catherine Motuz (sackbut), Peter Christensen (sackbut), Trevor Dix (sackbut). They have collaborated with Tafelmusik, Ensembles Les Boreades, and Les Voix Humaines, and have appeared at many Baroque music festivals in the United States and Canada.

Lewis, Jim Jim Lewis is a Toronto-based freelance trumpet player, composer, and arranger. He is a member of the Paul Read Orchestra, and the Musical Director and featured soloist with the Jazz Mechanics Big Band. He plays in clubs in the Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal as a sideman and performs in his own projects ranging from duo to sextet. Lewis completed a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance at the University of Louisville, and is currently an adjunct faculty member at both Humber College and the University of Toronto.

Lindemann, Jens Jens Lindemann was recently named “International Brass Personality of the Year” (Brass Herald). He has played trumpet in every major concert venue in the world: from the Philharmonics of New York, Los Angeles, London, and Berlin to Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and even the Great Wall of China. As one of the world’s most exciting trumpet soloists, Los Angeles-based Lindemann is internationally endorsed by the Yamaha Corporation and performs exclusively on 24K gold plated trumpets.

Lizée, Nicole Nicole Lizée was born in 1973 in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan. In 2001 she received a Master of Music degree in composition from McGill

University, where she studied with Denys Bouliane and John Rea. Her thesis consisted of a work for large ensemble and solo turntablist that featured turntable techniques fully notated and integrated into a concert music setting. She has written for other unorthodox instrument combinations, including: the Atari 2600 video game console, omnichords, stylophones, reel-to-reel machines, Simon and Merlin hand-held games, and karaoke tapes.

Loman, Judy Juno Award winner Judy Loman is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Carlos Salzedo. She became the Principal Harpist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in 1960. Loman was a soloist with the TSO in Canada, the United States, and Europe. In 2002, Loman retired from the TSO to teach, record, concertize, and publish her arrangements and transcriptions. Loman’s performances are heard frequently on CBC Radio. She has recorded with RCA, Columbia, CBC, Centre Disc, Aquitaine, Marquis, and Naxos.

Lord, Marie-Josée Multi-award winning soprano Marie-Josée Lord received la Fondation de l’Opéra de Québec’s Prix d’Excellence de la Culture in 2005. Her first solo CD, which was recorded with the Metropolitan Orchestra and under Giuseppe Pietraroia’s baton, won a Félix in the category Album of the Year—Classic Vocal in 2012. The ATMA Classic album has sold over 30,000 copies to date. Lord was also nominated for a 2012 Album of the Year Juno Prize. She performed throughout Quebec, Canada, Europe, and the United States during the 2012-13 season.

Luis Mario Ochoa Cuban Quintet The Luis Mario Ochoa Cuban Quintet is renowned for virtuosity and incredible musicianship. It features music ranging from rumba to samba, bolero to waltz, son to cha. Nominee of the 2007 Canadian Latin Jazz Artist of the Year Award, guitarist and lead vocalist Luis Mario Ochoa directs the ensemble: Hilario Durán (piano), Roberto Riveron (double bass), Ahmed Mitchel (percussion) and Luis Orbegoso (percussion). All the musicians have been noted for their “fire, finesse, and authenticity” (Jazz Times).

Lute Legends Ensemble Lute Legends Ensemble is a collaboration between three of Toronto’s most noted performers and teachers of plucked-string instruments.

Each player represents one of three ancient musical traditions: the glorious polyphony of the European Renaissance and Baroque (Lucas Harris), the virtuosic modal improvisation of the Middle East (Bassam Bishara), and the picturesque musical depiction of nature from China (Wendy Zhao).

Martin, Jean Musician and producer, Jean Martin was nominated for best drummer for the 2004 National Jazz Awards and is the recipient of the 2004 Freddy Stone Award. This award from the Minden Foundation is for outstanding leadership, integrity, and excellence in the area of contemporary music and Jazz. His group, Barnyard Drama, is an improvising duo featuring vocalist Christine Duncan.

McPhee, Maghan Canadian soprano Maghan McPhee’s voice has been described as “brilliant, with warm lyricism” (Times Argus). McPhee was a semi-finalist in the Montreal International Voice Competition and winner of the Silver Medal at the esteemed Eckhart-Gramatté competition, which focuses on new music. The finals of both competitions were broadcast live on national CBC radio and demonstrated her ability in a wide variety of repertoire including: contemporary works, opera, oratorio, and art song.

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McGillivray, Peter Saskatchewan baritone Peter McGillivray earned accolades as he returned to the role of Schaunard in La Boheme during Opera Lyra Ottawa’s 2012-13 season. McGillivray graduated from University of Toronto’s Opera Division. He also has a Canadian history and literature honours degree. After performing at the Ravinia, Aldeburgh and Aspen Music Festivals, he was awarded grants from the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation and the Canada Council for the Arts. He has been a finalist and prize-winner at the Eckhart-Gramatté Competition, at the Lotte Lenya Singing Competition and at the Robert Schumann International Competition for Piano and Lieder.

Mederos, Roberto Riverón Bassist Roberto Riverón Mederos studied music at the National School of Arts in Havana. As a studio musician he has recorded dozens of CDs in Cuba and Canada and collaborated with numerous musicians.

Roberto was a founding member of Klimax and recorded three albums with the group. He also founded the Grammy Award-winning ensemble Cubanismo. Mederos currently plays with Latin Jazz ensembles in Toronto and performs throughout Canada.

Masaki, Megumi Award-winning pianist Megumi Masaki has developed an international reputation for her warmth, rapport with audiences, and superb musicianship. Her multi-faceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, champion of contemporary music, and pedagogue has taken her across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Megumi is Associate Professor of Piano at Brandon University, School of Music where she coaches solo and collaborative pianists and teaches undergraduate and graduate piano pedagogy.

Monoyios, Ann Specializing in early music, soprano Ann Monoyios performs throughout Europe and North America in opera, oratorio, chamber music, and recitals. She has collaborated with most of the world’s Baroque specialists, most notably John Eliot Gardiner, William Christie, Christopher Hogwood, and Tafelmusik. Her voice has been recorded on many CDs and broadcast on radio all over the world.

Montero, Gabriela Born in Caracas, Venezuela, pianist Gabriela Montero gave her first public performance at the age of five. Three years later, she made her concerto debut in Caracas and was granted a scholarship from the Venezuelan government to study in the United States. Montero’s visionary interpretations, exceptional audience-interaction ability, and improvisational gifts have won her a rapidly-expanding and devoted international following. Today, following recital and concerto performances, Montero often invites the audience to suggest a melody for improvisations.

Montréal Guitare Trio Guitarists Sébastien Dufour, Glenn Lévesque and Marc Morin formed Montreal Guitare Trio (MG3) at the University of Montréal in 1998. MG3’s eclectic music takes listeners on a journey to a special place where Jazz and World Music are intertwined: from the mysterious, exotic melodies of India to the hot rhythms of South America; from Spain and the Balkans, through the Orient to traditional Quebec and... Hollywood! They have given hundreds of concerts in North America, Western and Eastern Europe. MG3 writes many of the compositions it performs.

Miró Quartet The multi-award winning Miró Quartet is named for the Spanish artist Joan Miró, whose surrealist works—with subject matter drawn from the realm of memory and imaginative fantasy—are some of the most original 56 OTTAWA CHAMBERFEST 2013

of the 20th century. Its members—violinists Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violist John Largess, and cellist Joshua Gindele—teach and maintain an active international touring schedule. In addition to a mastery of the standard repertoire, the Quartet is fiercely devoted to contemporary music.

Mitchel, Amhed Ahmed Mitchel, a Cuban drummer, studied at both the Matanzas School of Arts and the National School of Arts in Havana. Mitchel has performed and recorded with many artists including: Cesar Lopez, Elmer Ferrer, Chucho Valdes, Pablo FG, Aldo Lopez-Gavilan, Roberto Carcaces, Jose Miguel Greco. Now residing in Toronto, he frequently performs with Jane Bunnett, Jeff King, Andrew Stewart, Demo Cates, Phil Dwyer, Roberto Occipinti, and many other musicians from around the world.

Muzijevic, Pedja Pedja Muzijevic’s Carnegie Hall concerto debut, the Mozart Concerto K. 503 with Oberlin Symphony and Robert Spano, was recorded live and released on the Oberlin Music label. Muzijevic’s solo recording, Sonatas and Other Interludes, on Albany Records, juxtaposes music for prepared piano by John Cage with composers ranging from W.F. Bach and Scarlatti to Liszt and Schumann. His discography also includes two CDs on fortepianos—a Schumann Salon and Mozart and Beethoven Quintets for piano and woodwinds.

NACO Wind Quintet The National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) Wind Quintet consists of some of the orchestra’s best-known musicians: flutist Joanna G’Froerer, oboist Charles Hamann, clarinetist Kimball Sykes, bassoonist Christopher Millard, and horn player Lawrence Vine. Collaborating with them on their recent Naxos recording of the music of Saint-Saëns, pianist Stéphane Lemelin has said “they… have a rarely found degree of collegiality. It is always a pleasure and an inspiration to play with them.”

Nagano, Karin Pianist Karin Nagano was born in 1998 in Berkeley, California. She began her musical studies with Germaine Mounier in Paris and subsequently studied with Igor Lazko, Alexander Paley, Vadim Suhanov, and Colette Zerah. In 2007, Nagano began competing internationally, and in her first competition in February 2007 won the highest level “First Prize” at the Paris International Scriabine Competition. She also received first prize in the 2009-10 Anton Rubinstein International Competition. Nagano enjoys travelling with her parents, musicians Kent Nagano and Mari Kodama.

National Youth Orchestra of Canada Founded in 1960, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYOC) is devoted to the discovery and training of accomplished young Canadian musicians and perfecting their skills in preparation for careers as professional orchestral players. Each year, over 500 students aged 16-28 audition for the coveted spaces in the June-through-August training program. NYOC’s concert tours have included every major city in Canada, as well as many in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

New York Polyphony New York Polyphony—Geoffrey Williams (countertenor), Steven Caldicott Wilson (tenor), Christopher Dylan Herbert (baritone), Craig Phillips (bass) —has been praised for a “rich, natural sound that’s larger and more complex than the sum of its parts” (National Public Radio). The quartet adds a refreshingly modern touch to repertoire that ranges from austere medieval melodies to cutting-edge contemporary works. Founded in 2006, the ensemble has participated in major North American and European concert series and festivals. It made a notable television debut on the Martha Stewart show.

New Zealand String Quartet The New Zealand String Quartet’s internationally-acclaimed sound and dynamic style extends beyond their interpretations of music from Mozart to Berg, on tour and at festivals, to popularizing new works by their native country’s composers. The quartet has also produced an extensive discography. As dedicated teachers the quartet’s members—Helen Pohl (violin), Douglas Beilman (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (cello) —have been artists-in-residence at many schools and festivals. They have been quartet-in-residence at the New Zealand School of Music since 1991.

O’Callaghan, Patricia Singer Patricia O’Callaghan was born and raised in Northern Ontario, Canada. In her travels, she has lived, studied, and picked up the local languages in Mexico, Quebec, Germany, and France. She trained at the University of Toronto and the Banff Centre for the Arts. In 2011, she released two CDs: Broken Hearts and Madmen with the Gryphon Trio and Matador: the Songs of Leonard Cohen.

Ochoa, Luis Mario Luis Mario Ochoa was born in Havana. His father, Luis Ochoa Sr., singer and founding member of Trio Voces de Oro, was the younger Ochoa’s earliest musical influence. In addition to a demanding composing, performing, and recording schedule, Ochoa Jr. continues to collaborate with many of the world’s best Latin musicians and teaches music at Humber College in Toronto.

Orbegoso, Luis Nicknamed Luisito, Luis Orbegoso is a Toronto-based percussionist.

Born in Lima, he moved to Canada in 1972. An honoured graduate of the Humber College music program, Luisito has performed and/or recorded with an incredible list of performers, including Alex Cuba, The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Nelly Furtado, Kenwood Dennard, Stevie Wonder, Alfredo de la Fe, Cheo Andujar, and Jimmy Bosch.

Ottawa Bach Choir Founded in 2002 by Lisette Canton, the Ottawa Bach Choir performs works from the Renaissance to the contemporary, while keeping Bach’s choral oeuvre as the focus of its repertoire. The choir presents a yearlysubscription concert series in Ottawa and travels extensively—including three appearances in Bach’s Thomaskirche in Leipzig.

Pacifica Quartet The Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet—Simin Ganatra (violin), Sibbi Bernhardsson, (violin), Masumi Per Rostad (viola), Brandon Vamos (cello)—recently performed the complete Beethoven quartet cycle in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and the complete Carter quartet cycle in San Francisco, New York, and London. In 2012, Pacifica was named the quartet-in-residence at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. From 2009-12, Pacifica was quartet-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—a position previously held by the Guarneri String Quartet. Prior to the Jacobs School appointment, the quartet was on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana for nine years.

and have studied at McGill, ESMuC Barcelona, Civica Scuola di Milano, Scuola Cantorum Basilienis, Royal Conservatory of Brussels, and the Juilliard School.

Pari, Anita Anita Pari was born in 1998 to American-Canadian and Italian-SpanishChinese parents. She has two Royal Conservatory diplomas: piano and cello. Pari recently performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Maestro Boris Brott and the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and SaintSaëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser and the Lancaster (PA) Symphony. “Anita Pari gave a stunning performance.

Her technical skills were astonishing but her expressive qualities were what kept the audience captivated.” (Intelligencer Journal)

Parker, James Pianist James Parker performs as recitalist, soloist with orchestra, collaborative accompanist, and chamber musician, in addition to teaching at the University of Toronto. He is the Rupert E. Edwards Chair in Piano Performance and the head of Keyboard Studies. A founding member of the Gryphon Trio with Annalee Patipatanakoon and Roman Borys, Parker has won multiple Juno Awards.

Patipatanakoon, Annalee Violinist Annalee Patipatanakoon grew up in Calgary where she began her violin studies at the age of three. She attended Mount Royal College, the Curtis Institute, and Indiana University, and is a laureate of Belgium’s Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition. In addition to her many Gryphon Trio responsibilities, Patipatanakoon is an Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. She performs on a 1907 Carlo Oddone violin.

Pelletier, Guy Guy Pelletier is a versatile soloist, chamber musician, and improviser.

Comfortable in all musical idioms, Pelletier has played with contemporary, classical, Jazz, rock, and World Music groups. He has participated in numerous premieres and toured North America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. He has recorded for dozens of Canadian, American, French, and German radio concerts and performances as well as nearly 40 CDs. He was a member of Montreal’s Nouvel Ensemble Moderne for 17 years and the woodwind quintet, Pentaèdre, for 14 years. He is now member of Saïd Mesnaoui’s Moroccan music group and the Traces tandem he founded with Julien Grégoire in 1990.

Poulin, Brigitte Montreal-based pianist Brigitte Poulin is a soloist, chamber musician, vocal accompanist, and teacher. A proponent of 20th and 21st century music, Poulin has commissioned and premiered more than 30 works for solo piano, prepared piano, and various chamber ensembles. With her extensive, broad repertoire, in all its combinations, she tours Europe and America. Poulin has worked closely with Silvia Mandolini, violin; Ingrid Schmithüsen, soprano; D’Arcy Gray, percussion; and the Transmission sextet—Guy Pelletier (flute), Lori Freedman (clarinet), Alain Giguère (violin), Julie Trudeau (cello), Julien Grégoire (percussion).

Pallade Musica

Quarrington, Joel

Montreal’s Pallade Musica—Tanya LaPerrière (Baroque violin), Elinor Frey (Baroque cello), Esteban La Rotta (theorbo), Mylène Bélanger (harpsichord)—won Grand Prize at the Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition in New York, October 2012. Before launching their own series at the Montreal Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, they played together in Ensemble Caprice, Arion, Proemio, and the Montreal Baroque Festival. The Pallade Musica members have varied backgrounds; they’re from Quebec, the United States, and Colombia,

Joel Quarrington is a Canadian double bass player, soloist, and teacher.

He has been principal double bass of the Hamilton Philharmonic, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He has collaborated with the Orford, Vermeer, Cleveland, Colorado, St. Lawrence, Allegri, and Tokyo string quartets. In 2010, he won a Juno award for his album Garden Scene.

Quarrington plays a bass made in 1630 by Brescian master Giovanni Paolo Maggini.

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Quartango Quartango—Stephane Aubin (piano), Jonathan Goldman (bandoneon), René Gosselin (double bass), Antoine Bareil (violin)—performs repertoire ranging from the classic tangos to tango nuevo and Piazzolla. Bound by their shared passion for the tango and driven by a desire to make a close connection with their audience, Quartango offers music filled with subtle nuances and a blend of colours that reflects both the classics and modernity and the effervescence of the milonga.

Roach, Bud Described by Opera Canada as having an “attractive, bright sound”, Bud Roach has quickly made a name for himself as a performer of both early music and the contemporary. Beginning his career as an oboist, he began singing tenor in 2005, and since that time has performed with many of Canada’s finest ensembles.

Roscoe, Martin Martin Roscoe is a versatile pianist, equally at home in concerto, recital, and chamber performances. With a repertoire of over 100 concertos— performed or recorded—Roscoe works regularly with the top United Kingdom orchestras. One of Britain’s most prolific recitalists, Roscoe has also performed regularly across Europe, the far east, Australasia, and South Africa.

Sanctuary Sanctuary—Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet), Christoph Both (cello), Peter Togni (organ)—has developed a rich, intense, lyrical Gregorian-chant-based form of contemporary music that transcends these ancient materials using improvisation, atonality, and extended techniques to create a new form of contemplative plainsong for the 21st century. Over the past

five years, the ensemble’s immense dynamic and tonal range during performances in St. Mary’s Basilica in Halifax has attracted hundreds of listeners each month. The church’s soaring acoustics have contributed massively to the ensemble’s characteristic sound.

Sambacana Sambacana is Canada’s premiere Brazilian music ensemble. Rooted in the traditions of samba and the Brazilian northeast, influenced by Musica Popular Brasileira and Brazilian Jazz, Sambacana mixes urban and folkloric elements to create a unique blend of traditional and contemporary sounds.

Saulnier, Jean Jean Saulnier leads an active career as a recitalist, chamber musician, and teacher. Over the years, he has developed broad experience in both the solo and the chamber music repertoire. He is a sought-after collaborator by the best musicians from Canada and abroad, which speaks eloquently to the flexibility, natural playing ability, and spirit of partnership he brings to every performance.

SaskPower Montreal-based SaskPower combines classical, psychedelia, and a strong dose of vintage film soundtrack music à la Bernard Hermann, John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder, David Lynch, Ennio Morricone, and Vangelis. SaskPower mixes relentless ostinato with chilling, evocative themes, icy and haunting surrealist love songs, and slow-motion glitch.

Think of the gritty, synth-driven scores in The Warriors, The Thing, The Terminator; add the influence of Louis Andriessen, György Ligeti; include elements of Nicole Lizee’s collagist psych-classical compositions, and a picture of SaskPower performance begins to form.

MUSIC FOR ALL The Ottawa Chamber Music Society’s MUSIC FOR ALL arts education and outreach initiative engages community members of all ages in a profoundly enriching suite of musical experiences.

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Schafer, Murray

Sitarski, Stephen

Murray Schafer has an international reputation as a composer, an educator, environmentalist, scholar, and visual artist. He won the Prix International Arthur-Honegger in 1980. Five years later, he received the Banff Centre National Award. In 1987 he became the first recipient of the $50,000 triennial Glenn Gould Award. Schafer holds honorary doctorates from universities in Canada, France, and Argentina. Yehudi Menuhin praised “his strong, benevolent, and highly original imagination and intellect—a dynamic power... in total accord with the urgent needs and dreams of humanity today.” He was nominated for a 2013 Juno award.

Stephen Sitarski was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal following nomination by the National Yourth Orchestra faculty. During the 2012-13 seasons, he conducted both the Mississauga and Georgian Bay Symphonies. In 2012, he was named Concertmaster of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra—a position he also holds with the Esprit Orchestra. From 1997 to 2012, he was the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Concertmaster. Sitarski also teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University and the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music. He frequently mentors Hamilton’s National Academy Orchestra.

Schotzko, David

Slattery, Michael

As soloist, chamber musician, and curator, percussionist David Schotzko is a passionate contemporary music advocate. A founding member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Schotzko has premiered over 300 works by composers from around the globe.

He works closely with today’s established artists as well as tomorrow’s rising stars. A chance encounter led David to an ongoing focus on commissioning, performing, and recording music for percussion by Mexican composers.

Michael Slattery’s career highlights since graduation from Julliard include: The Very Best of Lerner & Loewe with the NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, Bach’s B Minor Mass with Ivan Fischer and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. He was recently included in The Spectator’s list of tenor “Heroes of the Concert Hall.” Opera News chose his solo disc, Dowland in Dublin, as one of the best recordings of the year.

Slattery also paints and writes.

Seager-Scott, Julia

During her 15-year career, Sarah Slean has made eight albums, starred in two short films and a movie musical, published two volumes of poetry, held exhibitions of her paintings, written two string quartets, and shared the stage with five of the country’s leading orchestras. She has been nominated for five awards: three Junos and two Geminis. Her records have been released in over ten countries worldwide.

Julia Seager-Scott is a University of Toronto graduate, where she studied with Judy Loman. She is principal harpist of the Stratford Festival Orchestra, teaches at a private Toronto studio, and is a founding member of the Toronto Continuo Collective. Seager-Scott is currently studying Baroque music with Maxine Eilander and Lucas Harris. She recently accompanied Emma Kirkby with the Tafelmusik Orchestra. She has also played harp on Canadian Idol and performed with Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene in his Juno Award-winning Happiness Project.

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inspired by folk traditions from around the world. His latest album, Room of Wonders, explores music from Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Brazil, Italy, and North America. The repertoire includes a movement from Bach’s French Suite, a Moorish-sword fighting dance, and Stone’s lush, edgy originals. Stone thrives on unexpected inspiration: Japanese poetry, Brazilian literature, instruments he found in remote Malian villages. His albums defy and honour the banjo’s long role in World Music, turning historical connections into compelling music.

Swartz, Jennifer Jennifer Swartz is a soloist, chamber artist, orchestral musician, and teacher. At 16, she embarked on her solo career following her debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Since then, Swartz has appeared with orchestras across Canada. Principal Harpist of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Swartz makes Montreal her home. She is also the head of the harp performance program at McGill University.

Szabó, Krisztina Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó is regarded in North America and Europe as an artist of supreme musicianship. Her 2012-13 season includes: re-engagements with Vancouver Opera as Musetta in La bohème and Edmonton Opera as Giulietta in Tales of Hoffman. She also appears as soloist with: Chicago’s Music of the Baroque, under Jane Glover; in Bach’s St. John Passion, Mendelssohn Choir; in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Calgary Philharmonic; in Handel’s Messiah and in a new chamber music commission by Chris Paul Harman with Queen of Puddings Music Theatre.

The Swingle Singers Happy birthday, Swingles! For five decades, the unmistakable sound of the Grammy Award-winning Swingle Singers has defined the art of contemporary a cappella singing. The Swingle Singers’ blend of a signature close-microphone technique, combined with high-energy entertainment, thrills audiences around the globe. The latest lineup of talented voices represents the group’s transformation from pioneering Classical/Jazz crossover artists to contemporary vocal super-group, encompassing classical, Jazz, Latin, pop, and rock.

Tiberius Quartet Founded in 1994 by Sandor Devich at the Academy of Music in Cluj, Romania, the Tiberius Quartet—Tibor Molnár (violin), Károly Lokodi (violin), Józef Molnár (viola), Elod Zágoni, (violon/ cello)—has toured throughout Europe, North America, and Japan and attended many masterclasses in Hungary, London, Budapest, and Amsterdam. They won the Erste Wiener Klassik Prize. Since 2008, the ensemble has been the State String Quartet of the Targu-Mures Philarmonic Orchestra.

Annually, the quartet hosts Tiberius Week International Chamber Music Festival in Targu Mures—the only event of its type in Eastern Europe.

Tiefenbach, Peter As a pianist, composer, broadcaster, mentor and teacher, Peter Tiefenbach has collaborated with a Who’s Who of Canada’s leading singers and instrumentalists. His commissions include works for violinist Mark Fewer and pianist Jean Marchand, the Borealis String Quartet, the Elora Festival Singers, the Toronto Children’s Chorus, and Canadian Brass.

Thompson, Don Don Thompson was born in British Columbia in 1940. He lived in Vancouver from 1960 to 1965, working as a freelance musician—primarily on bass. In 1996, he was artist-in-residence at the Royal Academy of Music, London, England, and performed in a concert of all-Canadian music with fellow Canadians Kenny Wheeler and Hugh Fraser. He teaches regularly at The Banff Centre along with other major international musicians.

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Thomson, Scott Scott Thomson is a trombonist, a composer, founding board member of the Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto (AIMToronto), and leader of The Rent, a quintet dedicated to Steve Lacy’s repertoire.

Thomson co-directs and plays in the 17-piece AIMToronto Orchestra, which was formed for a collaboration with Anthony Braxton in 2007. He is also the Artistic Director of Somewhere There, a performance space in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood. As a composer, Thomson makes site-specific, cartographic pieces for creative musicians and mobile audiences with the aim to animate particular public spaces.

Tremblay, Mike A native of Ottawa, Mike Tremblay has more than 20 years’ experience in the music industry as a saxophonist and educator. He has a Bachelor of Music degree from Carleton University, where he now teaches saxophone. Mike is the co-founder of the Carleton University Jazz Camp.

This annual camp combines emerging high school students with some of Canada’s elite Jazz educators.

Ensemble Transmission Ensemble Transmission—Guy Pelletier (flute), Lori Freedman (clarinet), Alain Giguère (violin), Julie Trudeau (cello), Julien Grégoire (percussion), Brigitte Poulin (piano)—plays all modern and contemporary music from solo to sextet of works programs exclusively chosen by the musicians.

Each of the ensemble’s six artists, musicians, thinkers, and independent producers is personally immersed in the diffusion, dissemination, and promotion of contemporary music and its practice.

Trudeau, Julie Cellist Julie Trudeau began her studies in her hometown of Sherbrooke, and continued in Montreal with Walter Joachim. From 2000 to 2007, as the cellist of the Molinari Quartet, she made numerous concert tours in Europe and was a soloist for the Esprit Orchestra of Toronto and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Charles Dutoit. She is now a member of the cello quartet Ponticello.

Trio Solisti Trio Solisti—Jon Klibonoff (piano), Maria Bachmann (violin), Alexis Pia Gerlach (cello)—“... has now succeeded the Beaux Arts Trio as the outstanding chamber-music ensemble of its kind.” (Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal). Trio Solisti’s soulful and passionate performances are marked by soloistic virtuosity, electric energy, seamless ensemble playing, and thrilling abandon. The 2012-13 season highlights include the release of a new CD of Dvorak Trios on Bridge Records; performances of great masterworks by Beethoven, Chausson, Dvorak, Ravel and Mussorgsky; and several premieres.

Trudel, Alain Alain Trudel is Music director of Orchestra London Canada, L’Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, the National Broadcast Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with many world-famous artists including Ben Heppner, Anton Kuerti, Measha Brueggergosman, Herbie Hancock, Alain Lefèvre, and Pinchas Zukerman. Trudel is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Virginia Parker, Le grand prix du disque President de la Republique de l’academie Charles Cros, and the Heinz Unger Prize. The Canadian Music Centre named Trudel an Ambassador of Canadian Music.

Viisma, Hedi Hedi Viisma is an Estonian chromatic kantele artist. She began studies on her instrument at the age of seven and later earned a diploma in performance from the Georg Ots Conservatory in her native Tallinn, and a Master’s degree at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where she

studied under Ritva Koistienen. A recitalist and guest lecturer, Viisma is currently based in Helsinki, pursuing a doctoral degree at the Sibelius Academy, where she also coaches chamber music. She is also a lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.

integration of music with dance and visual art. He has taught at four universities: Wilfrid Laurier, McGill, Ottawa, and Carleton. At the latter, he is an Associate Professor of Music, and Supervisor of Performance Studies, in the School for Studies in Art and Culture.

Wallace, Sharlene

Van Django

Sharlene Wallace is both a classical and Celtic harpist. Winner of two international-level harp competitions, Wallace has created six CDs which include many of her original compositions. She performs in festivals and concert series across North America and Europe, and teaches classical and folk harp at York University. Her own classical performance degree is from University of Toronto, where she studied with Judy Loman. Wallace is currently the harpist with Kingston, Guelph, and Oakville Symphonies.

Van Django—Cameron Wilson (violin), Budge Schachte (guitar), Finn Manniche (guitar/cello), Brent Gubbels (bass)—an acoustic string ensemble, self-describes its music as punchy, driving, and rhythmically inventive, combining a wealth of musical influences while maintaining its roots in the Gypsy Jazz made famous by the 1930s Hot Club de Paris.

Since its formation in 1998, the group has toured Canada and abroad.

Wallfisch, Raphael Cellist Raphael Wallfisch celebrates his 60th birthday in 2013: an occasion marked with a host of recording releases and concert appearances.

With a discography of over 70 CDs and concert appearances with many of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, Wallfisch is at the pinnacle of his performance career. A champion of British music, Wallfisch has worked with many of Britain’s leading composers, several of whom have written works especially for him. Wallfisch plays a 1760 Gennaro Gagliano cello.

Warhol Dervish The Montreal-based Warhol Dervish is an unorthodox chamber music collective gathering together some of the most interesting and creative musicians in Canada. Pioneers and visionaries, Warhol Dervish uses the term “post-good” to describe its approach. With pieces from Bach to Philip Glass, the members of the ensemble seek to move the chamber music concert experience into the 21st century.

Weimann, Alexander

Zodiac Trio Zodiac Trio—Vanessa Mollard (violin), Kliment Krylovskiy (clarinet) Riko Higuma (piano)—was originally formed in 2006 at the Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of clarinetist David Krakauer and violinist Isodore Cohen of the Beaux Arts Trio. With a growing international reputation, the young ensemble has since performed throughout Canada, United States, Japan, Europe, and China.

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Alexander Weimann is the Musical Director of Les Voix Baroques and Le Nouvel Opéra. He has travelled the world as a member of the ensemble Tragicomedia and as a frequent guest of ensembles such as Les Boréades, Cantus Cölln, Freiburger Barockorchester, Tafelmusik, and the Gesualdo Consort. More recently, Weimann has returned to Jazz—he has played piano on several CDs and in a video clip for CBC Showcase.

Whittall, Matthew Canadian-Finnish composer Matthew Whittall has composed for a wide variety of media, including orchestra, voice, chorus, chamber, solo instrumental works, electronics and film. Whittall’s music is marked by an attempt to fuse its various disparate influences—Old and New World, Western and non-Western, sacred and secular, classical, folk and popular—into a single, variegated expressive language, utilizing imagery ranging from natural phenomena to poetry and landscape art.

Wilson, Cameron Cameron Wilson is currently a violinist in the National Broadcast Orchestra, Van Django, Joe Trio, The Hard Rubber Orchestra, and Mariachi del Sol. He is also a composer and arranger whose works have been performed by numerous symphony orchestras, ensembles, and soloists across Canada and the United States. He has collaborated with CBC author and storyteller Stuart McLean and the CBC Radio Orchestra.

Wilson’s more serious side has recently emerged in his compositions.

His arrangements have been performed by Sarah Slean, Kinnie Starr, Barney Bentall, Nickelback, and Steven Page.

Wright, James

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Special Thanks

Artistic Direction Roman Borys Artistic Director Jamie Parker Artistic Advisor Annalee Patipatanakoon Artistic Advisor Tanya Saumure Assistant to the Artistic Director

Staff Glenn Hodgins Executive Director Tricia Johnson Director of Development Peter MacDonald Director of Operations and Artistic Administration James Whittall Director of Marketing and Communications Loretta Cassidy Front of House and Volunteer Manager Dianne Dowling Finance and Administration Manager Sandy Hunter Box Office Manager Colin McFarland Community Engagement Coordinator Kay Sesay Finance and Administration Assistant

Production Staff Jean-Marc Lalonde Production Coordinator Carlo Verdicchio Production Coordinator Carlo A. Verdicchio Production Coordinator

Praful Bhindy Aldo Chiappa Dounya El Mohtar Jackie Hawley Stephen Hutchings Angela Kokkinos MaBelle and Roger Ladouceur Lori Lovett Terence McDonald Christopher Minnes Peter Nicholson Bob Robert Lindsay Sherman J. C. Sulzenko Cathy Wilcox

Carolee Birchall Jennifer Duke Ella Forbes-Chilibeck Coralie Hummel Rob Kapilow Hali Krawchuk Darryl Lim Charlie McDonald Barbara and Glen McInnes Ann Monoyios Nicole Presentey Dennis Saikaley Harvey Slack Julie Teskey

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We Thank Our Volunteers Bruce Miller Sumiko Mori Christelle Mutoni Marilyn Myers Mary Nash Nedra Nash Anne Ness Theodora Newton Ben Nikkel Vivian Nnoka Cynthia Nuzzi Mandy Nyoni Caitlin O’Brien Natalya Obushenko Katie O’Hagan Kathleen O’Leary Shanna Osse Eliza Ou Eileen Overend Ralph Overend Aram Ovsepian Anita Pan Renee Pan Lise Parent Cathy Patton Angela Pelly Geminis Penaloza Pamela Penny Paris Penny Veronica Penny Joan Pettit Kathie Pettit Jennifer Phillips Dorothy Phillips Jennifer Phillips Rachel Philogene Peter Pigott James Pitruniak Martin Plante Lily Polowin

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John Sun Connie Sung Simi Sutton-Pollock Judith Szabo Filip Szymanski Elizabeth Tavares Jane Thompson Bruce Thomson Ginny Thomson Ngan Tran Abbey Troup Elisee Tshilenge Rod Utting Mary Valair Jeanie Vanderzon Kim Velthoven Amieke Walker Kent Walker Allen Wang Maria Warren Maggie Watson Makenzie Weekes David Welch Aidan Whittall Adam Wiebe Stephen Williams Shyla Williams Barbara Wilson Jenny Wong Emily Wong Michael Woodley Ron Woods Christopher Yang Tina Yang Joan Yanofsky Rachel Yuan Didi Zhang Jessica Zhang Angela Zheng Shirley Zheng

Corporate, Foundation, and Government Partners Aeroplan Arts Consulting Group Beechwood, The National Cemetery of Canada Bellmedia Bytek Automobiles Canada Council for the Arts, Musical Instrument Bank Cartier Place Suite Hotel CBC / Radio-Canada City of Ottawa Crabtree Foundation CTV Department of Canadian Heritage Dominion-Chalmers United Church 66 OTTAWA CHAMBERFEST 2013

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Cabaret / Jazz / Contemporain / Classique Alternatif / Avant Garde / Opéra / musique du monde

Presented by Kun Shoulder Rest Une présentation de Kun Shoulder Rest

July 25 to August 7 25 juillet au 7 août Constantinople Florquestra Henrique Cazes + Sambacana I Got Rhythm: the Songs of George Gershwin JACK Quartet Jayme Stone Lemon Bucket Orkestra Luis Mario Ochoa Cuban Quintet Michael Slattery + La Nef Montréal Guitare Trio The Judgment of Paris Phil Dwyer + Don Thompson Sanctuary in Concert Sarah Slean Saskpower + Warhol Dervish Strungout51 Van Django Villains and Vixens Chamberfringe: Chamber music with a fringe twist. Is this a contradiction in terms or in expectations? You decide, nightly at Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, 310 St. Patrick Street. Adults only to these licensed events. Show times at Chamberfringe.com. Only the musically adventurous need apply.

Chamberfringe : De la musique de chambre avec une touche moderniste. Est-ce que pour vous ces termes sont contradictoires? À vous de décider! En soirée au Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, 310 rue Saint-Patrick. Réservé aux adultes vu que de l’alcool sera servi. Pour l’horaire des spectacles, visitez : Chamberfringe.com. Destiné à tous ceux qui apprécient la musique avant-gardiste.

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