The Wolf of Lafontaine: Song & Dance
ESO New Music

The Wolf of Lafontaine: Song & Dance

Curated by Alex Prior
Thursday, April 25 7:30 PM

Alex Prior returns to the Winspear Stage to conduct a provocative musical journey befitting his big personality. This concert will shine a spotlight on some of today’s brightest composers.


Program to Include

IAN CUSSONLe loup de Lafontaine - Suite for Orchestra in Three Scenes (ESO Premiere)
JOCELYN MORLOCKNight, herself (ESO Premiere)
EMILIE CECILIA LEBELThey do not shimmer like the dry grasses on the hills, or the leaves on the trees (ESO Premiere)
VARIOUSSongs for a capella choir

Program subject to change.

This concert will not include an intermission.


Featured Artists

Alex Prior, Conductor
Ballet Edmonton (Wei Wen, Artistic Director and Choreographer)


39 - Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgement

The Winspear Centre and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra would like to acknowledge that we are on Treaty 6 Territory, a traditional meeting ground, gathering place, and traveling route for many Indigenous Peoples. We honour and recognize the rich artistic, cultural, and musical traditions of the Cree, Nakota Sioux, Metis, Dene, Saulteaux, and the many more Indigenous communities that call this land we share, home.