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Bringing the World Stage to Regina

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KNOX-METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCH

2340 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK

Season at a GlanceThe 7th season of the Cecilian Chamber Series promises to be an exciting season with a wide variety of “World Stage” chamber musicians.

THE MONTROSE TRIO

Friday, September 8, 2017 | 7:30 pm

CECILIA STRING QUARTET &

JAMES CAMPBELL, CLARINET

Sunday, October 22, 2017 | 4:00 pm

PHILIP CHIU, PIANO

Sunday, November 19, 2017 | 4:00 pm

ERIKA RAUM WITH LYDIA WONG, PIANO

Sunday, January 28, 2018 | 4:00 pm

RED PRIEST – EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Sunday, March 4, 2018 | 4:00 pm

For its 7th season the Cecilian Chamber Series is excited to present five outstanding “World Stage” chamber music performances.

The season begins with the exciting Montrose Trio featuring internationally renowned pianist Jon Kimura Parker and former Tokyo String Quartet members Martin Beaver and Clive Greensmith. All are soloists in their own right and together to form an outstanding new trio.

The second concert of the season features the superb foursome of Canadian women that are Cecilia String Quartet. Winners of the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2010, this is an ensemble that has been on our wish list since the series began seven years ago. It is extra special to be able to present them with Canadian clarinetist extraordinaire James Campbell.

Charismatic Canadian pianist Philip Chiu, the first recipient of the Prix Goyer – Canada’s largest prize for an emerging artist in classical music, will present a program full of stories that includes Canadian music in honor of Canada Music Week.

Then we welcome home Regina born violinist Erika Raum who with her lively temperament and energetic individuality will be joined by Lydia Wong at the piano.

The season ends with the electrifying baroque ensemble from the UK - Red Priest. This unorthodox quartet of virtuoso musicians have made it a mission to make classical music a visual as well as an aural experience.

We are continuing to expand our community connections by presenting, for the first time, special sensory sensitive concerts to add to educational opportunities and the “Music For Your Soul’” program.

Come join us in 2017-18 for an exceptional Cecilian Experience!

Sincerely,

Lore Ruschiensky Artistic and Executive Director

A Message from the Artistic and Executive Director

Lore Ruschiensky

Artistic/Executive Director

Community ConnectionsWe invite you to contact us to learn about the ways in which the Cecilian Chamber Series connects to the community:

• Masterclasses

• The Music For Your Soul program

• NEW! Sensory Sensitive Concerts

THE MONTROSE TRIO

Friday, September 8, 2017 | 7:30pm

From Tokyo to Montrose Street

Jon Kimura Parker - Piano Clive Greensmith - CelloMartin Beaver - Violin

Formed in 2014, the Montrose Trio is a collaboration stemming from a long and fruitful relationship between internationally renowned pianist Jon Kimura Parker and two former members of the Tokyo String Quartet. The Montrose Trio has quickly established a reputation for performances of the highest distinction. All three of the musicians are consummate artists and together present a trio that collectively produces a sound that suggests a much bigger ensemble. In 2015 the Washington Post raved about their “absolutely top-notch music-making, as fine as one could ever expect to hear… they are poised to become one of the top piano trios in the world.”

In 2016-17 the Montrose Trio performed in cities including Cleveland, Portland, Houston and Phoenix.

CECILIA STRING QUARTET

Sunday, October 22, 2017 | 4:00pm

The Beauty of Beethoven and Brahms

Min-Jeong Koh - Violin Caitlin Boyle - ViolaSarah Nematallah - Violin Rachel Desoer - Cello

Hailed for its “powerful” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “dauntingly perfect” (Berliner Zeitung) performances, the Cecilia String Quartet performs for leading presenters around the world. Past engagements include performances at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Konzerthaus, Prague’s Rudolfinum, the Library of Congress, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, and London’s Wigmore Hall. Prize-winners at several international competitions, including Osaka (2008) and Bordeaux (2010), the Cecilias were awarded First Prize at the 2010 Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC). As enthusiastic educators and mentors the CSQ has developed a series of concerts called Xenia Concerts that were customized to appeal to, and be welcoming of, children on the autism spectrum and their families.

The quartet will be joined by “Canada’s pre-eminent clarinetist and wind soloist”, James Campbell who has performed solo and chamber music concerts in 30 countries in many of the world’s great concert halls.

“While all are soloists in their own right, they play as a unit melding seamlessly with an impeccable sense of ensemble, giving vibrant performances that let each work reveal itself in all it has to say”

– Albuquerque Journal

“… an almost unimaginable level of articulation, communication, timbres, clarity of structure and, again and again, a deep musical rhetoric second to none.”

– Bremen Kreiszeitung

PROGRAM

Beethoven: Op. 18 No. 3Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet Op. 44 No. 1Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet Op. 115

PROGRAM

Haydn: Quartet In E-Flat Major, Hob. XV: 29Shostakovich: Trio In E Minor, Op. 67Arensky: Trio No. 1, Op. 32

WITH

James Campbell,

Clarinet

Welcome Back to Regina!

Raised in Regina, Erika is a distinguished musician who performs regularly abroad as well as throughout her homeland. Known for her “lively temperament, energetic individuality and warm and communicative tone” (Muzsika, Budapest), violinist Erika Raum continues developing a following here in her native country and internationally. Playing professionally since the age of twelve, Ms. Raum quickly rose through the ranks by taking first place at the 1992 Joseph Szigeti International Violin Competition in Budapest as well as the award for best interpretation of a Mozart concerto.

One of Canada’s most sought after collaborative pianists, Lydia Wong appears regularly with the world’s pre-eminent performers in venues across the globe from Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City to London’s Wigmore Hall.

“freshness, richness of colour, and natural music-making in a concert violinis”

– The Herald, Halifax

WITH

Lydia Wong,

Piano

PHILIP CHIU, PIANO

Sunday, November 19, 2017 | 4:00pm

Legends and Stories

Winner of the 2015-2016 Prix Goyer, Canada’s largest prize for an emerging artist in classical music, Philip Chiu is more than a summation of technical and musical abilities. He has become one of Canada’s leading musicians through his infectious love of music and his passion for communication and collaboration. Lauded for the brilliance, colour and sensitivity of his playing, he is particularly noted for his ability to connect with audiences on and off-stage.

An exceedingly sociable pianist, Philip concertizes extensively as soloist and as one of Canada’s most sought-after chamber musicians. He has appeared in recitals with leading musicians of the world stage.

“… a pianist-painter who turns every musical idea into a beautiful array of colors.”

– La Presse

PROGRAM

Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite)Burge*: Selected Etudes Rachmaninoff: Selections from Preludes Op. 23 and Op. 32 Schubert/Liszt: “Wanderer” Fantasy in C major

“Der Wanderer”, D. 760Liszt: Legends, S.175

I. St. Francis of Assisi’s sermon to the birdsII. St. Francis of Paola walking on the waves

ERIKA RAUM, VIOLIN

Sunday, January 28, 2018 | 4:00pm

PROGRAM

Mozart: Violin Sonata in G Major, K. 301Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op 80Saint-Saëns: Havannaise, Op. 83Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op. 11Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Gypsy Baroque Fantasy

Piers Adams - Recorders Angela East - CelloAdam Summerhayes - Violin David Wright - Harpsichord

Piers Adams’ four-piece baroque super-group Red Priest has become an international phenomenon, turning the period instrument movement on its head with its thrilling, no-holds-barred approach to the genre. It is the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and Cirque du Soleil.

Over the past 20 years, the group has given over 1000 performances on four continents, headlining in some of the most prestigious classical festivals, and appearing extensively in TV and radio.

PROGRAM

Telemann: Gypsy Sonata in A minorCastello: Sonata Seconda for violinBiber: Sonata No. 1 in A majorVan Eyck: Variations on The Nightingale Corelli: Fantasy on La FoliaAnon: Sweet Uhrovska and Slow Road to UhrovskaRoyer: Vertigo for Solo HarpsichordHandel: Lascia Ch’Io Czardas Vivaldi: Concerto for the Imaginary Gypsies

RED PRIEST

Sunday, March 4, 2018 | 4:00pm

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