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Season Two: Dmitri Shostakovich : Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel : Austrian Composers : Max Reger : Peter Tchaikovsky
Tickets are affordably priced at $20 (Regular) and $15 (Senior/Student) in advance OR $25 (Regular) and $20 (Senior/Student) at the door. To reserve tickets in your name at the door, please call 416-944-2655, indicating how many of which kind of tickets you would like.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Saturday, 25 September 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
A celebration of the life and music of the Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich (September 25, 1906 - August 9, 1975)
We will be playing the lovely string quartet no. 6, written in the summer of 1956 just after Shostakovich was married. Also on the program are some delightful dances for 2 violins and piano.
Four Songs to Words by Dolmatovsky for voice and piano, op. 86
String Quartet No. 6 in G major, op. 101
Five Romances on Verses by Dolmatovsky for bass and piano, op. 98
Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano (arr. op. 97, op. 37, op. 39, op. 36, op. 39)
Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin to Texts by Dostoyevsky for bass and piano, op. 146
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Sunday, 14 November, 2010 at 2:00 pm
A celebration of the life and music of the German composer, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (November 14, 1805 - May 14, 1847)
Piano Trio in D minor, op. 11
Lieder
Capriccio für Cello und Klavier
Adagio für Violine und Klavier
Fanny Hensel (neé Mendelssohn) was the older sister to Felix Mendelssohn. Like her brother, she too was a child prodigy. But because of the time she lived, in spite of her musical gift and skill at composition, her father wrote to her in 1820 "Music will perhaps become [Felix's] profession, whereas for you it can and must be but an ornament".
Austrian Composers
Sunday, 30 January, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.
A special concert to celebrate the 1st birthday of The Birthday Series
Works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Wolf, Mahler, Berg, Webern Fritz Kreisler, Joseph Marx, Johann Strauss II
Max Reger
Saturday, 19 March, 2011 at 7:30 p.m
A celebration of the life and music of the German composer, Max Reger (March 19, 1873 - May 11, 1916)
Unbegehrt; Mein Traum
Romanze in G major
Two pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 79e
Waldeinsamkeit; Viola d'amour; Wenn die Linde blüht; Sterne
Largo Con Gran Espressione from Piano Quartet no. 1, op. 113
Das kleinste Lied; Wiegenlied; Klein Marie; Zwei Mäuschen
String Trio in A minor, op. 77b
Nachts; O frage nicht!; Mariä Wiegenlied
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Saturday, 7 May, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
A celebration of the life and music of the Russian composer, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 - November 6, 1893)
On the Golden Cornfields
I Bless you, Forests
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, op. 11
Andante cantabile
Scherzo: Allegro non tanto e con fuoco - Trio
Finale: Allegro giusto - Allegro vivace
Intermission
Why?
None but the lonely heart
Cradle Song
Twas in the Early Spring
Had I only known
The Cuckoo
Why Did I Ever Dream of You
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Waltzer: Moderato Tempo di Valse
Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco
Lensky's Aria (Kuda, kuda vï udalilis) from Eugene Onegin
Not only will there be Tchaikovskian music, but there are also door prizes and after the concert, you will be invited to stay for complimentary birthday cake, served with tea and coffee (regular, herbal and decaf!).
Hope to see you there!
For detailed information about the music, performers' biographies, and a map of the location, please visit our website at www.birthdayseries.ca
Franz Liszt
Saturday, 22 October, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Friday, 16 December, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Friday, 3 February, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sunday, 1 April, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Season One: Hugo Wolf : Johannes Brahms : Richard Strauss
Season Two: Dmitri Shostakovich : Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel : Austrian Composers : Max Reger : Peter Tchaikovsky
Season Three: Franz Liszt : Ludwig van Beethoven : Felix Mendelssohn : Sergei Rachmaninoff
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