2011-2012 Concert Schedule
Music from Films (rescheduled from 2010-11 season)
NADIA FRANCAVILLA & SIMON DOCKING – violin/piano
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
7:30 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
Enjoy an evening of music from the great film composers of the 20th century. A pre-concert talk will be given at 6:45PM.
TWO OCEANS TRIO – flute/cello/piano
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
7:30 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
Sackville musicians Karin Aurell (flute) and Janet Hammock (piano) will be joined by BC cellist Joel Stobbe for the premiere of two new pieces of chamber music by composers Anthony Genge and Martín Kutnowski. The trio will also perform fiery and expressive tangos by Bragato and Piazzolla.
CANADIAN GUITAR QUARTET – guitar
Thursday, October 27, 2011
7:30 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
Since their debut in 1999, the Canadian Guitar Quartet has toured extensively in North and South America, from one standing ovation to the next, establishing a reputation as one of the finest guitar ensembles in the world. This classical guitar ensemble is sure to appeal to a wide audience.
The CGQ has often been featured on both English and French national CBC networks, and on national broadcasts in Chile and Austria. Their CD, "Les Scènes de Quartiers", was awarded "Le Prix Trille Or” for instrumental album of the year by the "Association des Professionnels de la Chanson et de la Musique.”
The Canadian Guitar Quartet is currently in residence at the University of Ottawa.
A Debut Atlantic concert.
Viennese Composers
NADIA FRANCAVILLA & SIMON DOCKING – violin/piano
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
7:30 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
This recital focuses on the music of the Second Viennese School composers Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern and their pupils. It will also feature music from Canadian composer John Weinzweig, the first North American composer to introduce 12-tone technique to American audiences.
DAVID ROGOSIN - piano
Monday, November 21, 2011
12:00 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
Join David Rogosin for this free performance, which will include works by Scarlatti, Haydn, and Canadian composers Ann Southam and François Morel.
Rogosin has performed across Canada, in the American midwest, the Caribbean and France. Praised for the brilliance, clarity and passion of his performances, he is highly regarded as a performer, adjudicator and clinician. He is currently Associate Professor at Mount Allison University.
FREE
STEVEN PEACOCK & SALLY DIBBLEE – guitar/soprano
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
12:00 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
Join soprano Sally Dibblee and classical guitarist Steven Peacock in this intriguing, varied, often intimate and always dramatic exploration of Romantic songs by Schubert and Fauré, and late-20th-century songs by Argento and Cordero.
FREE
Organ Originals
ATLANTIC SINFONIA feat. WILLIS NOBLE – string orchestra/organ
Sunday, January 29, 2012
2:00 p.m. – Christ Church Cathedral
An innovative concert focusing on seldom heard music for organ soloist and string orchestra. A unique blend of some of the best professional musicians in the region, with a baroque and classical repertoire featuring concertos of Handel and Haydn.
Sponsored by the Alvin Shaw Fund
Helen Hall
NADIA FRANCAVILLA & HELEN PRIDMORE – violin/voice
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
12:00 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
Join Helen Pridmore and Nadia Francavilla as they premiere two distinct solo works written by Canadian composer Helen Hall.
FREE
Arnold Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire”
PIERROT ENSEMBLE – instrumental
Thursday, March 15, 2012
7:30 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
2012 marks the 100th anniversary of Pierrot Lunaire, Schoenberg’s chamber music masterpiece that has influenced musicians and has been performed by artists as diverse as Cleo Laine and Bjork. This staged presentation tells the story of the tragic clown with some of the finest musicians in the Maritimes, along with new video by Ryan Suter and scenography by Decima Mitchell.
Non-MotH Concerts (Other concerts of interest)
Women Composers
Nadia Francavilla & Simon Docking – violin/piano
October 23, 2011
7:30 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
UNB Ensembles – Christmas Concert
December 7, 2011
7:30 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
Tickets at the door: Adults $5, Seniors $3, Students FREE with student ID
Viennese Composers II
Nadia Francavilla - violin/piano
January 11, 2012
7:30 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
UNB Ensembles – Spring Concert
April 3, 2012
7:30 p.m. – UNB Memorial Hall
Tickets at the door: Adults $5, Seniors $3, Students FREE with student ID
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