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SONGS OF HOPE

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Danielle MacMillan, mezzo soprano
Maghan McPhee, soprano
Odin Quartet

Highlighting this concert of favorite arias and chamber music will be the premiere of a song cycle for soprano, mezzo and chamber ensemble composed by diverse Canadian composers unified in answering our challenging times with one word “Hope”.

Featuring:  Danielle MacMillan, Mezzo Soprano; Maghan McPhee, Soprano; Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, Tanya Charles Iveniuk, Matt Antal, Samuel Bisson) ; Kaye Royer, Clarinet; Gilles Thibodeau, Horn; Alexa Bell, flute;  Lisa Tahara, Piano, Ronald Royer, Conductor, Ted Runcie, Conductor

Shreya Jha:  (music and words) Walk with Me, for Mezzo Soprano and Piano (New Generation Composer, SPO Commission and Premiere)

Daniel Mehdizadeh: composer, (Jess Azevedo, librettist) New Castles, for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, piano and cello (SPO Commission and Premiere)

Alexander GlazunovSerenade for Horn and String Quartet (1884)

Rachel McFarlane:  (music and words)  Eternal Embrace, for Mezzo Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (New Generation Composer, SPO Commission and Premiere)

John Williams : Viktor’s Tale, from the Motion Picture, The Terminal, for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble

Leela Gilday:  (words, arranged by Martin Loomer) All Alone, for Mezzo Soprano and String Quartet

Ronald Royer: (words from English translation adapted from Dante’s Divine Comedy)  Women of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Three Songs for Mezzo Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (SPO Commission and Premiere)

Charles Gounod: arranged Bruno Degazio:  Je Veux Vivre from Romeo and Juliette, for
Soprano and Chamber Ensemble

Ted Runcie: composer, (Rabindranath Tagore, words) Where Shadow Chases Light for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, and Chamber Ensemble (SPO Commission and Premiere)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Bruno Degazio : Batti batti, from Don Giovanni, for
Soprano and Chamber Ensemble

Leo Delibes: The Flower Duet from Lakme, For Soprano and Mezzo Soprano

Gioacchino Rossini, arr. Bruno Degazio – Una voce poco fa, from Il barbiere di Siviglia, for Mezzo Soprano and Chamber Ensemble

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Event Venue
St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Anglican Church, 3333 Finch Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario M1W3P7 Canada
Event Details
27 April 2024
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
$15 – $35
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