2010-11 Sunday Showcase

2010-11 Sunday Showcase

ESO Musicians featured as soloists, along with rising young musicians, perform in concerts that feature symphonic favourites with bright melodies.

Our post-concert Coffee Shop invites you to engage in an informal Q&A session with guest artists in our main lobby.

Thank you to our series sponsor, the RBC Foundation. rbc foundation
  • October 3, 2010, 2:00 pm
  • The Four Seasons
  • Edmonton’s Ewald Cheung performs Vivaldi's vibrant Four Seasons, and ESO Principal Clarinet Julianne Scott is featured in a delightful set of variations on a popular Mozart tune. One of Haydn's most famous symphonies caps off a fine afternoon.
  • November 21, 2010, 2:00 pm
  • Saint-Saëns’ First Cello Concerto
  • Edmonton’s David Eggert, winner of the prestigious Eckhardt-Gramatté Prize in 2006, performs the beloved First Cello Concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns. Principal Bass Trombone Christopher Taylor performs a delightful and tuneful work by Eric Ewazen, and the orchestra romps through vivacious showpieces by Emmanuel Chabrier.
  • 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.
  • May 29, 2011, 2:00 pm
  • Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto
  • Calgary pianist Jan Lisiecki has amassed an impressive collection of accolades at only 15 years of age. He makes his ESO debut with a tempestuous work by the young Beethoven. Interim Concertmaster Eric Buchmann performs the fiery and melodic Violin Concerto by Dmitri Kabalevsky – a perfect compliment to Stravinsky’s delightful ballet homage to the music of Pergolesi.