2009-2010 Concert Schedule

 

Highlighting the music of composer srul irving glick

This year, Syrinx is proud to highlight the music of Srul Irving Glick . Each Sunday Salon will feature at least one work by the composer, along with other classics of chamber music.

 

Sunday, December 13, 2008 3pm

Kai Gleusteen, violin; Shalom Bard, clarinet;
Catherine Ordronneau, piano

Kai Gleusteen- “crackling, bravura, soaring lyricism” Catherine Ordronneau- “mesmerizing performance- a myriad of colours” Shalom Bard- “a rich tone, masterful technique, a profound and lasting impression.”

Program:

• Bartok: Contrasts for violin, piano, clarinet
• Glick: Suite Hebraique #4 for clarinet and piano
• Glick: Klezmer’s Wedding Schubert: Fantasy in C for violin and piano

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Sunday, January 10, 2010 3pm

Dimitri Levkovich, piano

“Powerful and spontaneous, one of the important new romantic pianists of the 21st Century” "...one of the truly elect, an artist with technique, a ravishing touch, sensitivity, perspective and intelligence. Seldom do these qualities come together so compellingly" ”Dimitri Levkovich takes music-making into another realm"

Program:

• Schubert: Wanderer- Fantasy
• Glick: “Nistar” and Four Preludes
• Rachmaninoff: Sonata #2

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Sunday, February 7, 2010 3pm

Tokai String Quartet with Melanie Conly, soprano

"Exciting and vibrant musicians praised for their ”emotional investment and decisive interpretations” "Conly sings with great passion and charm.

Melanie is noted for her compelling stage presence and dramatic flare"

Program:

• Glick: String Quartet
• Buczynski: 3 poems for String Quartet and Soprano
• Brahms: String Quartet #1

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Sunday, March 7, 2010 3pm

Peter McGillivray, Baritone

“With a masterful technique, radiant timbre, even tone and salient intelligence, he conveys a wide range of moods with force and conviction”

"Grand Prize winner of the Montreal International Competition and Queen Sonja Competition in Norway and recently the Lotte Lenya competition and Robert Schumann International Competition for Piano and Lied."

Program:

• Glick: “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” & Two Landscapes
• Wolf: Morike-Lieder
• Debussy: 3 Verlaine Songs
• Lieder by Sibelius, Brahms and Schumann

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Sunday, April 4, 2010 3pm

Made In Canada Piano Quartet with Joseph
Phillips, bass

“A scintillating and emotionally stirring group of musicians who are always welcomed on any series.”"An avid performer of many styles of music, [Phillips] has recorded Juno nominated albums"

Program:

• Glick: Old Toronto Klezmer Suite
• Schubert: Trout Quintet
• TBA

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Sunday, May 2, 2010 3pm

Peter Longworth, piano

“Musically polished and technically vibrant, his performances are eagerly awaited” Peter is a well-known and acclaimed solo performer, chamber musician and teacher.

He is heard often on CBC National Radio. "Peter Longworth is a concert pianist of such power and grace that even the crystal baubles on the chandeliers at Orchestra Hall tingle, dance and resonate when he plays"

Program:

• Glick: Piano Sonata
• Brahms TBA

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