SHOSTAKOVICHFEST: a vibrant tribute to a musical insurgent is the following live performance for OPUS Chamber Music, offered in partnership with The Canadian Chamber Orchestra. The live performance celebrating the groundbreaking music of the Russian composer and pianist takes place on February 2.
A composer born into the Soviet period, Shostakovich had a sophisticated relationship along with his authorities, which swung between endorsing and condemning his work. He used each conventional and trendy compositional methods, and coated a variety of feelings in his work. In his life and profession, he walked a fantastic line between having the ability to work freely as a composer and critiquing and condemning the Soviet regime.
The All-Shostakovich Program
This system covers music from numerous elements of his profession from the Nineteen Twenties to the Sixties, together with:
- Two Waltzes
- Octet
- Piano Concerto No. 1
- Duo for Two Violins
- Chamber Symphony, Op. 110A
- Choices from The Gadfly
The composer himself carried out on the premiere of his Piano Concerto no. 1 on October 15, 1933 with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Whereas it’s technically a piano concerto, it’s usually mentioned as a form of double concerto in that the trumpet has an equally outstanding position within the rating.
Shostakovich wrote the rating for the 1955 Soviet movie The Gadfly. It was based mostly on a novel of the identical title by Ethel Lilian Voynich. The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97A is an association of the music into an orchestral suite by fellow Russian composer Levon Atovmyan.
Musicians
A number of the metropolis’s best chamber musicians might be on stage for the Shostakovich tribute.
- Kevin Ahfat, pianist & OPUS Creative Director
- Renata Cardoso, visitor trumpet [Piano Concerto No. 1]
Canadian Chamber Orchestra
The CCO is a self-directed chamber ensemble with a mission to “broadening the visibility and impression of Canadian musicians, composers, and artists inside Canada, and on the worldwide stage”. They’re trying to create dynamic experiences for audiences.
Members:
- Violinists Luri Lee, Sheila Jaffe, Noa Sarid, Christina Choi, Hee-Soo Yoon, Chris Whitley, Kun Yan, Sienna Cho;
- Violists Hezekiah Leung, Catherine Grey, Carolyn Blackwell;
- Cellists & Co-Creative Administrators of CCO Drew Comstock, Andrew Ascenzo;
- Bassist Travis Harrison.
Get extra tickets and details about the February 2 live performance on the Eglinton St. George’s United Church [HERE].
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