OF WISDOM – Lauren Greenberg – Odin Quartet 

Odin Quartet perform "Of Wisdom" by Lauren Greenberg

Composed by Lauren Greenberg.

Performed by Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, violin; Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin; Rae Gallimore, viola; Samuel Bisson, cello.

Audio recorded by Desert Fish Studios (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Audio mixed and mastered by Brandon Walker. Video edited and produced by Devin Scott.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER: Lauren Greenberg was born in 2001 and is from Toronto, Canada. She began piano lessons at the age of 5, and has completed her Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) Level 9 Piano, RCM Level 9 Harmony, and RCM Level 8 Theory. Lauren began her musical composition studies in 2014. Most recently she was a student of the eminent Canadian composer Kevin Lau. During the summer of 2018, Lauren attended the High School Composition Intensive Program at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Music in Composition Degree Program at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Lauren has composed a variety of musical pieces across classical and modern genres, and her works have been performed in Toronto, Ottawa, and Boston. She studied the flute and vocals at her high school where she was a member of the Junior, Senior, and Jazz Bands. Lauren was also a member of the school choirs in both high school and in grade school. She played the piano for her high school musicals, vocal performances, and assemblies. In 2019, Lauren was the recipient of the Music Award – Lisa-Ann Lauren Posluns Memorial Endowment Fund, for her exemplary contribution to the school’s music program during her four years of study.

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS: Odin Quartet has become one of Canada’s most popular and sought-after string quartets. The Odins have been the ensemble-in-residence of the SPO since 2017. There’s so much more to learn and appreciate about the Odins, so visit their links below.

PROGRAM NOTES FROM LAUREN GREENBERG: This music is inspired by the Odin Quartet (Odin, known as the god of wisdom). I adopted that name as the title. Learn more about Lauren Greenberg: https://laurengreenbergmusic.com/ | https://acwc.ca/auren-greenberg |    / @laurengreenbergm…  . Learn more about Odin Quartet: http://odinquartet.com/.

VEDRO CON MIO DILETTO from Il Guistino – Antonio Vivaldi – Odin Quartet

Composed by Antonio Vivaldi; Performed by Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, violin / Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin / Esme Allen-Creighton*, viola / Samuel Bisson, cello) with Angela Gibbon, soprano / Ronald Greidanus, harpsichord

Recorded at Forest Grove United Church in Toronto August 2021 Audio engineer/sound editing by Marty Smyth and Kye Andrews Special thanks to the sponsor: Shining Waters Regional Council https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/

Learn more about the Odin Quartet: http://www.odinquartet.com

TIME TO TANGO – LA PALOMA – Sebastián Iradier – Odin Quartet 

Composer: Sebastián Iradier; Performed by Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, violin; Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin; Laurence Schaufele*, viola; Samuel Bisson, cello)

The “Time To Tango” video series was created and performed by the Odin Quartet earlier in 2021. This series was produced in conjuction with our SPO Community Partners, the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, and presented digitally at senior living centres in Brantford. The SPO appreciates being able to share these fantastic performances as part of our new 2021/2022 SPOGreatMusic Performance Series.

To learn more about the composer, Sebastián Iradier, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti….

For more information on the Odin Quartet, visit http://www.odinquartet.com.

TIME TO TANGO – TANGO – Kevin Pang

Composer: Kevin Pang; Performed by Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, violin; Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin; Laurence Schaufele*, viola; Samuel Bisson, cello)

The “Time To Tango” video series was created and performed by the Odin Quartet earlier in 2021. This series was produced in conjuction with our SPO Community Partners, the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, and presented digitally at senior living centres in Brantford. This piece was originally created, with its World Premiere, as part of the “Lockdown Lullabies” with concerts conducted in Toronto. The SPO appreciates being able to share these fantastic performances as part of our new 2021/2022 SPOGreatMusic Performance Series. T

o hear more from the composer, Kevin Pang, visit    / @kevinpang_music  .

TIME TO TANGO – OBLIVION – Astor Piazzolla – Odin Quartet 

Composer: Astor Piazzolla; Arranged by P. Treszczotka; Performed by Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, violin; Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin; Laurence Schaufele*, viola; Samuel Bisson, cello)

The “Time To Tango” video series was created and performed by the Odin Quartet earlier in 2021. This series was produced in conjuction with our SPO Community Partners, the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, and presented digitally at senior living centres in Brantford. The SPO appreciates being able to share these fantastic performances as part of our new 2021/2022 SPOGreatMusic Performance Series. To learn more about the composer, Astor Piazzolla, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_P….

For more information on the Odin Quartet, visit http://www.odinquartet.com.

For more information on the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, visit https://www.brantfordsymphony.ca.

For more information on the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, visit https://www.spo.ca. #SPOGreatMusic#OdinQuartet#Oblivion

TIME TO TANGO – JALOUSIE (TANGO TZIGANE) – Jacob Gade – Odin Quartet

Composer: Jacob Gade; Arranged by Matthew Naughtin; Performed by Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, violin; Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin; Laurence Schaufele*, viola; Samuel Bisson, cello)

The “Time To Tango” video series was created and performed by the Odin Quartet earlier in 2021. This series was produced in conjuction with our SPO Community Partners, the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, and presented digitally at senior living centres in Brantford. The SPO appreciates being able to share these fantastic performances as part of our new 2021/2022 SPOGreatMusic Performance Series.

To learn more about the composer, Jacob Gade, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Gade. For more information on the Odin Quartet, visit http://www.odinquartet.com.

Brahms’ String Quartet No. 3 in B♭ Major – 3rd Mvmt “Agitato”

String Quartet No. 3 in B♭ Major, Op. 67; third movement “Agitato”; Composer: Johannes Brahms; Performed live by Odin Quartet on October 8, 2021; Alex Toskov, violin | Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin | Jacob Clewell*, viola | Samuel Bisson, cello

The String Quartet No. 3 in B♭ major, Op. 67, was composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1875 and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. It received its premiere performance on October 30, 1876 in Berlin. The work is scored for two violins, viola, and cello, and has four movements: Vivace (B♭ major) Andante (F major) Agitato (Allegretto non troppo) — Trio — Coda (D minor) Poco Allegretto con Variazioni (B♭ major) Brahms composed the work in Ziegelhausen, near Heidelberg, and dedicated it to Professor Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann, an amateur cellist who had hosted Brahms on a visit to Utrecht. Brahms was at the time the artistic director of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. The work is lighthearted and cheerful, “a useless trifle”, as he put it, “to avoid facing the serious countenance of a symphony”, referring to the work on his Symphony No. 1 which debuted a week later. The irony to this quartet is that although the quartet is dedicated to Engelmann, who is a cellist, throughout the entire quartet, there is no cello melody; the violins would have a melody throughout the piece and in the third movement, the Agitato, the melody of the movement is mainly played by a viola instead of the cello. In a letter about the quartet to Engelmann, Brahms said “This quartet rather resembles your wife—very dainty, but brilliant! …It’s no longer a question of a forceps delivery; but of simply standing by. There’s no cello solo in it, but such a tender viola solo that you may want to change your instrument for its sake!”. [Source: Wikipedia]

Video credit: Music Niagara https://www.musicniagara.org/?doing_w…. Learn more about the Odin Quartet: http://www.odinquartet.com

SUITE FROM “THE PEARL” PART I – Bruno Degazio – Odin Quartet

Composer, Bruno Degazio; Performed by Odin Quartet Suite from “The Pearl” Part I: When I Was a Little Child, Lost in Egypt / from the newly released CD, “Journey Through Night”, available now to stream: https://li.sten.to/IIE5xLP.

Notes from the Composer: “The Pearl tells the story of a young prince sent to Egypt by his parents to recover a great treasure, a pearl, from the coils of a dragon. It is a middle-eastern folk-tale dating from the first century, preserved in the apocryphal Gnostic scripture called The Acts of Thomas the Apostle. The great 20th century psychologist C.G. Jung says of the story on which this piece is based: In the Gnostic hymn to the soul, the son is sent forth by his parents to seek the pearl that fell from the King’s crown. It lies… guarded by a dragon, in the land of the Egyptians — that land of fleshpots and drunkenness with all its material and spiritual riches. The son and heir sets out to fetch the jewel, but forgets himself and his task in the orgies of Egyptian worldliness, until a letter from his father reminds him what his duty is. He then sets out for the water and plunges into the dark depths of the well, where he finds the pearl on the bottom, and in the end offers it to the highest divinity. This hymn, ascribed to Bardesanes (ca. 150), dates from an age that resembled ours in more than one respect. Mankind looked and waited….(for a)…symbol of the saviour, the bringer of healing. This video is based on the music for Part 1 of the Suite written for Toronto’s Odin Quartet in 2018. It illustrates the first part of the story, where our young hero embarks on his mission, but quickly becomes disoriented and loses his way. The artwork was created by Denzel Avila during an artist’s internship with the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra in the summer of 2021, supplemented by additional artwork from University of Toronto Schools graduate, Viola Schmid. Special thanks to Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, for making possible the Artist Internship through which he artwork was created.”

Learn more about Bruno Degazio here: http://sheridan4thyear.blogspot.com/p… Stream the complete “Journey Through Night” CD on various platforms you will find here: https://li.sten.to/IIE5xLP

Learn more about the Odin Quartet here: http://www.odinquartet.com

MUSIC OF THE SIXTIES – Title Theme from “Goldfinger” (1964)

Composer: John Barry; Performed by the Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, violin; Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin; Laurence Schaufele*, viola; Samuel Bisson, cello)

The “Music of the Sixties” video series was created and performed by the Odin Quartet earlier in 2021. This series was produced in conjuction with our SPO Community Partners, the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, and presented digitally at senior living centres in Brantford. The SPO appreciates being able to share these fantastic performances as part of our new 2021/2022 SPOGreatMusic Performance Series.

To learn more about the film, “Goldfinger”, visit https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/.

To learn more about the composer, John Barry, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ba…. For more information on the Odin Quartet, visit http://www.odinquartet.com.

MUSIC OF THE SIXTIES – Feed the Birds from “Mary Poppins” (1964) 

Composer: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Performed by the Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, violin; Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin; Laurence Schaufele*, viola; Samuel Bisson, cello)

The “Music of the Sixties” video series was created and performed by the Odin Quartet earlier in 2021. This series was produced in conjuction with our SPO Community Partners, the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, and presented digitally at senior living centres in Brantford. The SPO appreciates being able to share these fantastic performances as part of our new 2021/2022 SPOGreatMusic Performance Series. To learn more about the film, “Mary Poppins”, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058331/.

To learn more about the composers, commonly known as “The Sherman Brothers”, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman…. For more information on the Odin Quartet, visit http://www.odinquartet.com.