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 Runcie – An Anansi Odyssey (Excerpt), for Narrator and Woodwind Quintet (SPO commission)