2011-2012 Concert Schedule

 

Welcome to the 2011-2012 Syrinx
Sunday Salons

Syrinx Sunday Salons would not exist without the kind support of all our sponsors. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the generosity of Arthur Sandler and ISA International, Michael Kirkham and Ruth Grogan.

 

Sunday, December 11, 2011 3pm

Dmitri Levkovich with Anzhelika Fuks -pianist

"...one of the truly elect, an artist with technique, a ravishing touch, sensitivity, perspective and intelligence"

“... a young pianist with everything it takes to make a major artist; fire, virtuosity, musicality and temperament.

 

Program:

• Liszt: Sonata in B
• Stravinsky: Petrouchka
• Schubert: Fantasie 4 hands
• Alexander Levkovich: Burlesque
• Dmitri Levkovich: Passacaglia

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Sunday, February 5, 2012 3pm

Hochelaga Trio

Anne Robert, violin; cellist Paul Marleyn, cellist; Stéphane Lemlin, piano.

“...expert and refined chamber music playing, each member alert to the others' playing, and perfectly in scale and intimate."

Find out more: www.triohochelaga.com

 

Program:

• Rachmaninoff: Trio Elegiaque No 1
• Jacques Hetu: Adagio
• Schubert: Trio in B-flat major, D. 898

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Sunday, March 4, 2012 3pm

Peter Longworth, piano; Benjamin Bowman, violin

“musically polished and technically vibrant, his performances are eagerly awaited”

One of Canada's most dynamic and versatile musicians, Bowman has performed to critical acclaim around the world.

Find out more: www.benjaminbowman.ca

 

Program:

• William Rowson: Violin sonata
• Franz Schubert: B- Rondo for violin and piano
• John Corigliano: Sonata for violin and piano

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Sunday, April 8, 2012 3pm

Ishay Shaer, piano

"A brilliant success... superbly articulate and always intact and brilliantly focused... achieved with most judiciously managed colour and character and with a more than impressive sense of underlying turbulence."

Find out more: www.ishayshaer.com

 

 

 

 

Program:

• Beethoven: Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33; Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119 F.
• Chopin: Twelve Etudes, Op. 25
• Harry Somers: Piano Sonata No. 1

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Sunday, May 6, 2012 3pm

Made In Canada piano Quartet

Elissa Lee, violin Sharon Wei, violin; Rachel Mercer, cellist; Angela Park, piano.

Winners of the 2006 CBC Galaxie Rising Stars Award, and included in Chatelaine Magazine’s list of “80 amazing Canadian women to watch” in 2008, Ensemble Made in Canada has firmly established itself as Canada’s premier piano quartet.

Find out more: www.ensemblemadeincanada.com

Program:

• Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor
• John Burge: Piano Quartet
• Brahms Piano Quartet #3 Op. 60

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