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Beethoven 5
Sunday, November 13 · 3:00 PM
All-Beethoven means timeless masterpieces! We are proud to present Beethoven’s most famous piece, Symphony No. 5, as well as his Piano Concerto No. 3 in the companion key of C minor. Soloist Michael Kim is the recipient of a multitude of awards, including the grand-prize of the Canadian Music Competition and the CBC National Radio Competition for Young Performers.
Beethoven: Egmont: Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Michael Kim, piano
Messiah
Sunday, December 18 · 3:00 PM
A WSO tradition! No work in the entire history of music transmits the urge to want to sing more than Handel’s Messiah! We welcome the return of conductor Yuri Klaz, the Winnipeg Singers and a splendid group of soloists for our annual Holiday happening.
Yuri Klaz, conductor
Sarah Halmarson, soprano
Rosemarie Vanderhooft, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Mayell, tenor
Mel Braun, baritone
Brandon University Chorale & Brandon University Concert Choir; Andrée Dagenais, director
American Masters
Sunday, February 19 · 3:00 PM
American composers are featured in this colourful and vividly themed program and we welcome the fast-rising star Augustin Hadelich in his WSO debut, along with WSO Resident Conductor Richard Lee, in a program featuring the works of American composers Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber and Leonard Bernstein.
Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
Barber: Violin Concerto
Bernstein: On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Richard Lee, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Mozart & Stravinsky
Sunday, March 25 · 3:00 PM
A Mozart concerto-times-four and a chance to hear the WSO’s fabulous principal wind players in one of his most delightful compositions! Conductor Alexander Mickelthwate rounds out this vivid program with Stravinsky’s classic and exotic The Firebird: Suite.
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for winds in E-flat major, K. 297b
Debussy: Printemps
Stravinsky: The Firebird: Suite
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Patricia Evans, horn
Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet
Bede Hanley, oboe
Alexandra Eastley, bassoon
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