October 2018
UVic Wind Symphony: Now and Then
Steven Capaldo, conductor Join the UVic Wind Symphony conducted by Steven Capaldo for the opening concert of their 2018/19 series. Featuring works that inspire, excite, and encourage us to reflect on loss and adversity, this eclectic program of contemporary and standard repertoire for wind symphony includes a Canadian premiere and explores a diverse range of emotions that we all experience, in some way, every now and then.
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Amy-Lynne Toth, violin (UVic Concerto Competition winner) Ajtony Csaba, conductor Joseph Haydn – Overture in D Major, Hob Ia:7 Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 Henri Vieuxtemps – Violin Concerto No. 5, Op. 37, with Amy-Lynne Toth, violin Alberto Ginastera – Estancia Zoltán Kodály – Dances of Marosszék
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UVic Wind Symphony
Here and There Steven Capaldo, conductor A concert exploring the energy and soul of our planet through compositions about earth, air, sea and spirit. Many of the composers featured on the program were inspired by these themes while others posed questions through their music about the delicate balance between man and nature in both conflict and peace, as these forces attempt to work together in harmony.
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Life, Legends & Loss Michael Keddy, conductor An evening of concert band repertoire performed by student musicians from all across the UVic campus. Program will include: Giroux – One Life Beautiful Barnes – Sorcery Suite Creston – Legend Boysen – I Am Stanhope – The Little Ripper March Ticheli – Loch Lomond
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Jasmine Huang, piano (UVic Concerto Competition winner) Ajtony Csaba, conductor Bedrich Smetana – Overture from The Bartered Bride Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Richard Wagner – Prelude to Parsifal Franz Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, with Jasmine Huang, piano
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