2005-2006 MASTERPIECE SERIES

Celebrating Mozart 250 and playing for peace 

Saturdays at 8 pm

ROBERT SILVERMAN, Pianist - Oct 15, Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road

ALINE KUTAN, Soprano      

A graphic Baroque clash of arms, healed by Mozart’s pure beauty in the hands of a Canadian virtuoso and luminous landscapes by two great masters.

BIBER  Battalia 

MOZART  Piano Concerto K 449 

BACH  Aria 'Everything with God and Nothing without Him' North American premiere

          Aria 'Ricetti Gramezza e pavento' from Cantata No. 209

DVORAK  Quartet No. 12,  “American,” arr. Arman  

ETSUKO KIMURA, Violinist -  Nov 12, Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road  

The musical autobiography Shostakovich wrote in war-torn Dresden, framed by Mozart’s lyrical wit and the vibrant rhythms of  Wirén's Serenade – an evening of brilliance!

WIREN Serenade

MOZART  Violin Concerto No. 1 

SHOSTAKOVICH  Sinfonia op. 110, arr. Arman

SHOSTAKOVICH Four Preludes 

Christmas Treats - Dec 3 at the Walmer Church, 188 Lowther Avenue

GIUSEPPE LANZETTA, Guest Conductor

The glorious ‘Four Seasons’ showcase four wonderful Sinfonia violinists - each performing their own favourite season, plus some Christmas fun!

VIVALDI  The Four Seasons 

PENTLAND  Holiday Suite

MANFREDINI Christmas Concerto 

MICHAEL ESCH, Pianist - Feb 4, Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West

Mozart’s greatest hit, to celebrate his 250^th birthday! Richard Strauss’s last score mourns the ruins of Munich after WWII, but Brahms’ passionate Quintet reaffirms our humanity.

MOZART  Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

STRAUSS Metamorphosen

BRAHMS  Quintet for Piano and Strings in f minor, arr. Arman  

BEVERLEY JOHNSTON, Percussion - March 4,  Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West              

Two Canadian composers pour their hearts out, then Canada’s premiere percussionist cuts loose with Baroque fireworks and Tchaikowsky turns on the romance.

BURGE  Flanders Fields Reflections world-premiere

HATZIS  Love Among the Ruins (In the aftermath of Sept. 11) 

VIVALDI  Concerto

TCHAIKOWSKY  Quartet No. 1, arr. Arman 

CARLO PALLESCHI, Guest Conductor    

RAFAEL HOEKMAN, Cellist - April 8, Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West

Playful divertimentos plus a noble concerto. Catastrophe looms in Bartok’s 2^nd movement, written in 1939, but ‘Papa Haydn’ recalls us to life and laughter.

MORAWETZ  Divertimento 

HAYDN  Cello Concerto in C 

BARTOK  Divertimento

HAYDN  Divertimento 

SCOTT ST. JOHN, Violinist - May 6, Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West 

Honegger’s piercing vision of war from occupied Paris, swept away by Mozart’s immortal melodies and dazzling violin favourites with one of Canada’s most delightful artists.

POPOVICI Codex Caioni 

SCHUBERT Rondo 

SARASATE Zigeunerweisen

HONEGGER  Symphony No. 2 

MOZART  Divertimento K 136 

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