2010-2011

Homme-Machine / Machine Man

Proxima Centauri Ensemble (from Bordeaux, France)

Proxima Centauri Ensemble Website >>

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at 8 pm
St. Peter’s United Church
203 York Street, Sudbury

Faisceaux (soprano saxophone, piano and electronics) : Thierry Alla

Série Blanche (piano and electronics): Pierre Jodlowski

Essai sur l’ennui (baritone saxophone): Nicolas Gilbert

Incertitude (alto saxophone and piano) : Robert Lemay

Incandescence de la bruine (soprano saxophone and piano) : Bruno Mantovani

Noise d’fense (baritone and soprano saxophones) : François Rossé

XX (soprano saxophone, piano and electronics) : Christophe Havel

Musicians:

Marie Bernadette Charrier, saxophones

Hilomi Sakaguchi, piano

Christophe Havel, electronics

Autour de Witold Lutosławski /
The World of Witold Lutosławski

In co-production with Silver Birch Concerts

Silver Birch Concerts Website >>

Yoko Hirota Website >>

Fri. & Sat. Feb. 4 & 5, 2011, at 8 pm
St. Peter’s United Church
203 York Street, Sudbury

Nocturne to the memory of Witold Lutosławski (solo violin) : Kaija Saariaho

Epitaph (oboe and piano): Witold Lutosławski

À tout prendre (Piano quartet): Robert Lemay

Piano piece No. 1: Brian Current

String Quartet No. 3 : R. Murray Schafer

Recitative e Arioso (violin and piano): Witold Lutosławski

Bucolics (viola and cello): Witold Lutosławski

Subito (violin and piano): Witold Lutosławski

Oboe Quartet: James Rolfe

String Quartet: Witold Lutosławski

Musicians:

Silver Birch String Quartet

(Christian Robinson, Geoff McCausland, Jane Russell & Alexandra Lee)

Yoko Hirota, piano

Joel Verkaik, oboe

Russian and Canadian song recital

Michel Ducharme, Bass-Baritone

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Friday, March 4, 2011, at 8 pm
St. Peter’s United Church
203 York Street, Sudbury

Trois poèmes de Gatien Lapointe: Bruce Mather 

Les clartés de la nuit (Poèmes d’Émile Nelligan): Jacques Hétu

Le Soleil décline : Ivan Wyschnegradsky  (1893-1979)

5 Mélodies sur des poèmes symbolistes: Nikolai Roslavetz  (1881-1944)

Four Songs on Poems by Walt Whitman : James Rolfe 

Mitsu no kisetsu: Robert Lemay

Musicians:

Michel Ducharme, bass-baritone

Michel Franck, piano

Allan Walsh, bass clarinet