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- January 21, 2011, 9:30 pm
- Late Night Percussion
- Late Night takes on a percussive edge with excerpts from exciting 20th century works performed by renowned percussionist Colin Currie. Calgary composer Allan Gordon Bell’s bristling Symphonies of Hidden Fire has ignited audiences since its premiere. It is matched by the lyrical, yet urgently rhythmic Rough Music – a percussion concerto by the impressive H.K. Gruber. The program also includes music by Steve Reich, Per Nørgărd, and Matthias Schmitt.
- January 22, 2011, 8:00 pm
- Concerto for Percussion
- Encore Series
Sensational Scottish percussionist Colin Currie joins Bill Eddins for a magical night on the Masters. Of H.K. Gruber’s percussion concerto, Gramophone magazine wrote: “it is surprising Rough Music has not achieved greater prominence, as it has few equals for subtlety and resourcefulness.” Stravinsky’s ballet based on the music of Tchaikovsky is both delicate and wistful. And if it is possible that Beethoven also had an underestimated work, it is likely his surprisingly deep and rich Fourth Symphony.
- January 26, 2011, 7:30 pm
- Violin and Viola
- The ESO celebrates the eve of Mozart’s 255th birthday! There are few works for any combination of solo instruments as well-known or loved as Mozart’s lush Sinfonia concertante. It is brought to life by Edmonton’s own Andrew Wan (Concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony) and Assistant Principal Viola Charles Pilon. Colourful and dramatic operatic overtures complete the concert.
- January 28, 2011, 7:00 pm
- Flavours of BC's Naramata Bench Wine Tasting & Auction
- The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's annual wine tasting fundraiser!
- January 30, 2011, 2:00 pm
- Grieg’s Piano Concerto
- A winner of several major piano competitions, and laureate of Canada’s Honens Competition, Swiss pianist Gilles Vonsattel makes his ESO debut with Edvard Grieg’s evergreen Piano Concerto. Principal Tuba Scott Whetham plays a lighthearted heavyweight – Vaughan Williams’ surprisingly agile Tuba Concerto. Known more for his film scores, Nino Rota wrote a charming ballet in the baroque style commemorating the 300th anniversary of Molière’s birth. Equally light, Dohnányi’s Symphonic Minutes has touches of French, German, and Hungarian flavours.
- February 11, 2011, 8:00 pm
- Love Will Keep Us Together (Fri)
- Love will fill the air when your ESO performs songs of romance. One of the great pops conductors of our time, Steven Reineke, is back with a show full of hits and great orchestral arrangements. Come celebrate with the one you love and be our symphonic valentine for a concert featuring timeless love songs including The Time of My Life, Unchained Melody, My Heart Will Go On, and Love's Theme.
- February 12, 2011, 8:00 pm
- Love Will Keep Us Together (Sat)
- Love will fill the air when your ESO performs songs of romance. One of the great pops conductors of our time, Steven Reineke, is back with a show full of hits and great orchestral arrangements. Come celebrate with the one you love and be our symphonic valentine for a concert featuring timeless love songs including The Time of My Life, Unchained Melody, My Heart Will Go On, and Love's Theme.
- February 13, 2011, 7:30 pm
- Pro Coro: Music from Space
- Spectacular photos from the Hubble telescope accompany music inspired by the wonders of the universe. Urmas Sisask's Gloria Patri, 24 settings of latin texts inspired by his nightly views into the heavens and Ligeti's Lux Aeterna, written for 16 voices which came to fame when Stanley Kubrick used it in his move, 2001 - A Space Odyssey. A concert not to be missed!
- February 19, 2011, 2:00 pm
- Warner Bros. Presents Bugs Bunny At The Symphony
- Everybody's favourite Looney Tunes and characters from the Warner Bros. Studios will be on-screen at the Winspear Centre, accompanied by the ESO performing exciting crown jewels such as What's Opera, Doc?, The Rabbit of Seville, Long- Haired Hare and A Corny Concerto.
LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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- February 19, 2011, 7:30 pm
- Warner Bros. presents Bugs Bunny At The Symphony
- Everybody's favourite Looney Tunes and characters from the Warner Bros. Studios will be on-screen at the Winspear Centre, accompanied by the ESO performing exciting crown jewels such as What's Opera, Doc?, The Rabbit of Seville, Long- Haired Hare and A Corny Concerto.
LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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- February 20, 2011, 2:00 pm
- Warner Bros. presents Bugs Bunny At The Symphony
- Everybody's favourite Looney Tunes and characters from the Warner Bros. Studios will be on-screen at the Winspear Centre, accompanied by the ESO performing exciting crown jewels such as What's Opera, Doc?, The Rabbit of Seville, Long- Haired Hare and A Corny Concerto.
LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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- February 22, 2011, 7:30 pm
- Rafał Blechacz plays Chopin
- Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz performs the masterful music of his countryman, Fryderyk Chopin. Having unanimously won the 15th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Mr. Blechacz is a musician of consummate artistry and technical brilliance. This will be effortlessly evident as he performs Chopin’s Grande Polonaise Brillante and Second Piano Concerto, along with an all-Chopin solo recital in the concert’s second half.
- February 25, 2011, 7:30 pm
- Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony
- This evening of orchestral masterworks brings together titans from the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Henry Purcell’s Funeral Music for Queen Mary II is one of the most influential scores of its kind, and inspired generations of composers with its bold innovations. Originally dedicated to Napoleon, Beethoven’s great Third Symphony is one of the towering masterpieces of music, breathtaking even today for its breadth and power. Bill Eddins plays the notoriously challenging featured piano part in Leonard Bernstein’s fiery and dramatic Second Symphony “Age of Anxiety”.
- February 26, 2011, 8:00 pm
- Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony
- Encore Series
This evening of orchestral masterworks brings together titans from the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Henry Purcell’s Funeral Music for Queen Mary II is one of the most influential scores of its kind, and inspired generations of composers with its bold innovations. Originally dedicated to Napoleon, Beethoven’s great Third Symphony is one of the towering masterpieces of music, breathtaking even today for its breadth and power. Bill Eddins plays the notoriously challenging featured piano part in Leonard Bernstein’s fiery and dramatic Second Symphony “Age of Anxiety”.
- March 3, 2011, 8:00 pm
- Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush
- Silence is still golden as the film classic from a comic genius will be projected while Bill Eddins and the ESO perform the original score. The Little Tramp will bridge great cinema and great music into a dynamite evening’s entertainment, with lots of laughs along the way!
