Music at the Millennium
July 6, 2010
Raphael Hoekman, cello & Merran Currie-Roberts, cello
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Millennium Centre, 389 Main St.

Music at the Millennium, organized by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Richard Turner, has run for five years and offers a unique venue with carefully selected repertoire. Performances happen every Tuesday from noon to 1 pm featuring talented WSO musicians. See below for the schedule.

June 29 – Caitlin Broms-Jacob, oboe
July 6 – Raphael Hoekman, cello & Meran Currie-Roberts, cello
July 13 – Karl Stobbe, violin
July 20 – Darryl Strain, violin & Julie Savard, violin
July 27 – Allen Harrington, saxophone, bassoon
August 3 – Patricia Evans, French horn
August 10 – Donna Laube, piano & Simon MacDonald, violin
August 17 – Donna Laube, piano & Greg Hay, viola

Thanks to TelPay Incorporated and Bill and Shirley Loewen for making Music at the Millennium possible.

For more information on summer music, read Gwenda Nemerofsky’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press here.

Music at the Millennium
June 29, 2010
Caitlin Broms-Jacob, oboe
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Millennium Centre, 389 Main St.

Music at the Millennium, organized by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Richard Turner, has run for five years and offers a unique venue with carefully selected repertoire. Performances happen every Tuesday from noon to 1 pm featuring talented WSO musicians. See below for the schedule.

June 29 – Caitlin Broms-Jacob, oboe
July 6 – Raphael Hoekman, cello & Meran Currie-Roberts, cello
July 13 – Karl Stobbe, violin
July 20 – Darryl Strain, violin & Julie Savard, violin
July 27 – Allen Harrington, saxophone, bassoon
August 3 – Patricia Evans, French horn
August 10 – Donna Laube, piano & Simon MacDonald, violin
August 17 – Donna Laube, piano & Greg Hay, viola

Thanks to TelPay Incorporated and Bill and Shirley Loewen for making Music at the Millennium possible.

For more information on summer music, read Gwenda Nemerofsky’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press here.

Music at the Millennium
August 17, 2010
Donna Laube, piano & Grey Hay, viola
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Millennium Centre, 389 Main St.

Music at the Millennium, organized by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Richard Turner, has run for five years and offers a unique venue with carefully selected repertoire. Performances happen every Tuesday from noon to 1 pm featuring talented WSO musicians. See below for the schedule.

June 29 – Caitlin Broms-Jacob, oboe
July 6 – Raphael Hoekman, cello & Meran Currie-Roberts, cello
July 13 – Karl Stobbe, violin
July 20 – Darryl Strain, violin & Julie Savard, violin
July 27 – Allen Harrington, saxophone, bassoon
August 3 – Patricia Evans, French horn
August 10 – Donna Laube, piano & Simon MacDonald, violin
August 17 – Donna Laube, piano & Greg Hay, viola

Thanks to TelPay Incorporated and Bill and Shirley Loewen for making Music at the Millennium possible.

For more information on summer music, read Gwenda Nemerofsky’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press here.

Music at the Millennium
August 10, 2010
Donna Laube, piano & Simon MacDonald, violin
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Millennium Centre, 389 Main St.

Music at the Millennium, organized by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Richard Turner, has run for five years and offers a unique venue with carefully selected repertoire. Performances happen every Tuesday from noon to 1 pm featuring talented WSO musicians. See below for the schedule.

June 29 – Caitlin Broms-Jacob, oboe
July 6 – Raphael Hoekman, cello & Meran Currie-Roberts, cello
July 13 – Karl Stobbe, violin
July 20 – Darryl Strain, violin & Julie Savard, violin
July 27 – Allen Harrington, saxophone, bassoon
August 3 – Patricia Evans, French horn
August 10 – Donna Laube, piano & Simon MacDonald, violin
August 17 – Donna Laube, piano & Greg Hay, viola

Thanks to TelPay Incorporated and Bill and Shirley Loewen for making Music at the Millennium possible.

For more information on summer music, read Gwenda Nemerofsky’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press here.

Music at the Millennium
August 3, 2010
Patricia Evans, French horn
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Millennium Centre, 389 Main St.

Music at the Millennium, organized by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Richard Turner, has run for five years and offers a unique venue with carefully selected repertoire. Performances happen every Tuesday from noon to 1 pm featuring talented WSO musicians. See below for the schedule.

June 29 – Caitlin Broms-Jacob, oboe
July 6 – Raphael Hoekman, cello & Meran Currie-Roberts, cello
July 13 – Karl Stobbe, violin
July 20 – Darryl Strain, violin & Julie Savard, violin
July 27 – Allen Harrington, saxophone, bassoon
August 3 – Patricia Evans, French horn
August 10 – Donna Laube, piano & Simon MacDonald, violin
August 17 – Donna Laube, piano & Greg Hay, viola

Thanks to TelPay Incorporated and Bill and Shirley Loewen for making Music at the Millennium possible.

For more information on summer music, read Gwenda Nemerofsky’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press here.

Music at the Millennium
July 27, 2010
Allen Harington, saxophone, bassoon
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Millennium Centre, 389 Main St.

Music at the Millennium, organized by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Richard Turner, has run for five years and offers a unique venue with carefully selected repertoire. Performances happen every Tuesday from noon to 1 pm featuring talented WSO musicians. See below for the complete schedule.

June 29 – Caitlin Broms-Jacob, oboe
July 6 – Raphael Hoekman, cello & Meran Currie-Roberts, cello
July 13 – Karl Stobbe, violin
July 20 – Darryl Strain, violin & Julie Savard, violin
July 27 – Allen Harrington, saxophone, bassoon
August 3 – Patricia Evans, French horn
August 10 – Donna Laube, piano & Simon MacDonald, violin
August 17 – Donna Laube, piano & Greg Hay, viola

Thanks to TelPay Incorporated and Bill and Shirley Loewen for making Music at the Millennium possible.

For more information on summer music, read Gwenda Nemerofsky’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press here.

Music at the Millennium
July 20, 2010
Darryl Strain, violin & Julie Savard, violin
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Millennium Centre, 389 Main St.

Music at the Millennium, organized by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Richard Turner, has run for five years and offers a unique venue with carefully selected repertoire. Performances happen every Tuesday from noon to 1 pm featuring talented WSO musicians. See below for the complete schedule.

June 29 – Caitlin Broms-Jacob, oboe
July 6 – Raphael Hoekman, cello & Meran Currie-Roberts, cello
July 13 – Karl Stobbe, violin
July 20 – Darryl Strain, violin & Julie Savard, violin
July 27 – Allen Harrington, saxophone, bassoon
August 3 – Patricia Evans, French horn
August 10 – Donna Laube, piano & Simon MacDonald, violin
August 17 – Donna Laube, piano & Greg Hay, viola

Thanks to TelPay Incorporated and Bill and Shirley Loewen for making Music at the Millennium possible.

For more information on summer music, read Gwenda Nemerofsky’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press here.

Music at the Millennium
July 13, 2010
Karl Stobbe, violin
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Millennium Centre, 389 Main St.

Music at the Millennium, organized by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Richard Turner, has run for five years and offers a unique venue with carefully selected repertoire. Performances happen every Tuesday from noon to 1 pm featuring talented WSO musicians. See below for the schedule.

June 29 – Caitlin Broms-Jacob, oboe
July 6 – Raphael Hoekman, cello & Meran Currie-Roberts, cello
July 13 – Karl Stobbe, violin
July 20 – Darryl Strain, violin & Julie Savard, violin
July 27 – Allen Harrington, saxophone, bassoon
August 3 – Patricia Evans, French horn
August 10 – Donna Laube, piano & Simon MacDonald, violin
August 17 – Donna Laube, piano & Greg Hay, viola

Thanks to TelPay Incorporated and Bill and Shirley Loewen for making Music at the Millennium possible.

For more information on summer music, read Gwenda Nemerofsky’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press here.

Recently retired from the WSO, cellist Tom Watrous played with the symphony for 37 seasons. Now enjoying retirement, he has the pleasure of announcing an exciting art exhibit that will be taking place July 26 – August15:

LEGENDS FROM THE KALEVALA
(Folk epic of the Finnish People)

This exhibit will feature 19 water colours by San Francisco artist, Patrick Kroboth, inspired by various legends found in “The Kalevala.”  Mr. Kroboth completed his “Kalevala” series in the mid-1970′s, with exhibitions following in San Francisco, Finland, Russia and Germany. These art works have not been seen in public for twenty-five years.

2010 marks the 175th anniversary of the first publication of “The Kalevala.”  Its influence on artists, choreographers and musicians has been immense and universal, most notably with Jean Sibelius, the celebrated Finnish composer. Mr. Kroboth’s water colours include a number of evocative images that were set to music by Sibelius:  ”The Swan of Tuonela,” “Luonnotar,” “The Origin of Fire” and “Pohjola’s Daughter.”

Location:  The Fleet Galleries, 65 Albert Street, Winnipeg

Dates:  Monday, July 26th  -  Sunday, August 15th.

Hours:
Mondays: 10:30 – 4:00
Tuesday to Fridays: 9:00 – 5:00
Saturdays: 10:30 – 4:00
Sundays: 10:30 – 4:00

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

I cordially invite one and all to take in this fantastic exhibition. Please find below a sampling of Mr, Kroboth’s art works.

Cordially,
Tom Watrous

March 6  3:00 pm

“Her masterful rendering was rich with virtuosic, seemingly endless phrases crafted to perfection, with wonderful fluidity and great feeling.”
- Winnipeg Free Press

WSO concertmaster for more than 20 years, Gwen Hoebig performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. One of Canada’s outstanding violinists, Gwen was recently recognized at the Canadian Music Centre’s 50th anniversary for her exemplary commitment to the performance of the music of Canadian composers.

Composed for the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1943, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is a 20th century orchestral classic. A response to the rapidly increasingly technical skills that American orchestras were achieving after WWI, the work showcases the orchestra and all its sections as soloists, both alone and in groups.

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Gwen Hoebig, violin

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

PRE -CONCERT CHAT: Come and enjoy the inside stories about our soloists, symphony musicians, composers and conductors of these fabulous concerts  at 2:15 pm.

For more info, click here.