FROM PHILADELPHIA TO SCARBOROUGH

A Special Outreach Concert and Conversation:

Prepare for an intimate evening of chamber music and conversation when the Scarborough Philharmonic welcomes a visiting quartet of musicians from the famed Philadelphia Orchestra to share the stage with  ensemble-in-residence, the Odin Quartet and friends.  On the program will be contemporary Canadian and American compositions for chamber ensemble and some classical favorites.  Later, join us for a conversation moderated by our own Ronald Royer, as musicians and composers discuss exciting new developments as well as challenges in classical music on both sides of the border.

This free public program is brought to you through a collaboration between, The Consulate of the United States of America, The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra.

Philadelphia Orchestra String Quartet: Marc Rovetti, Assistant Concertmaster, Daniel Han, Violin, Marvin Moon, Viola, Priscilla Lee, Associate Principal Cello

Odin Quartet:  Alex Toskov, Violin, Tanya Charles Iveniuk, Violin, Matt Antal, Viola, Samuel Bisson, Cello

Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Players:  Kaye Royer, Clarinet, Tiffany Yeung, Violin, Jacob Clewell, Viola, Chris Hwang, Cello

Combined Chamber Ensemble: also includes Ronald Royer, SPO Music Director and Conductor, Julia Zisser, Violin, Olga Petrashkevich, violin;  David Lasker, Bass, Lisa Tahara, Piano

FAMILY STORIES

February 10 2024 banner for concert

Featuring:

Winds of the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra: Laurel Swinden, Flute; Gillian Howard, Oboe;  Daniel Hasznos, Clarinet; Kristin Day, Bassoon; Gilles Thibodeau, Horn
Ted Runcie, conductor

The SPO Women’s Choir, Yiping Chao, conductor

Vanessa Yu, piano

and, Special Guest:  amuna baraka-clarke, Narrator

Musical stories from the global village, with music by Mozart, Joplin and local Canadian composers.

Program: (note: changed program)

Various:  Three Folk Songs from China:  The SPO Women’s Chorus

Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners, for Woodwind Quintet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Magic Flute Overture, for Woodwind Quintet

Lauren Greenberg: Peculiar Procession, for Woodwind Quintet (Premiere and New Generation Composer)

Ferenc Farkas: Five Ancient Hungarian Dances, for Woodwind Quintet

(Intermission)

Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13, Vanessa Yu, piano

Chopin: Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8

Bruno Degazio: The Inner Treasure, from Three Tales of Rabbi Nachman, for Narrator and Woodwind Quintet (SPO commission and premiere)

Ted RuncieAn Anansi Odyssey (Excerpt), for Narrator and Woodwind Quintet (SPO commission)