A Night of Song & Dance
Friday, October 14 · 8:00 PM
Renowned internationally as a virtuosic pipa (Chinese lute) performer, Wu Man has also carved out a career creating and collaborating on projects that give this ancient Chinese instrument a new role in today’s music world. In addition, Camerata Nova will be performing Andrew Balfour’s Wa Wa Tey Wak (Northern Lights); and rounding out our program is Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas who painted images in sound like no other among his country’s composers. We feature his hypnotic film score La noche de los Mayas, complete with special choreography and performed by Bolero Dance Theatre.
Andrew Balfour: Wa Wa Tey Wak (Northern Lights)
Lou Harrison: Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra
Silvestre Revueltas: La noche de los Mayas
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Camerata Nova
Wu Man, pipa
Bolero Dance Theatre
Beethoven 5
Friday, November 11 · 8:00 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
Saturday, December 17 · 8:00 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 Van der Hooft, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Mayell, tenor
Mel Braun, baritone
Winnipeg Singers
Mozart & Schubert
Friday, January 13 · 8:00 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! And in this evening of great symphonic music, we continue with Schubert’s mighty Symphony No. 9 – his true orchestral masterpiece!
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K. 297b
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major (The Great)
Andrew Grams, conductor
Patricia Evans, horn
Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet
Bede Hanley, oboe
Alexandra Eastley, bassoon
Jóhannsson & Sveinsson
Friday, February 3 · 8:00 PM
We are proud to present two monumental works by two of Iceland’s leading composers. Jóhann Jóhannsson joins us for the world premiere of his work, A Prayer to the Dynamo, commissioned by the WSO. Known for his ethereal colours and sonorous harmonies, Jóhannsson’s new piece will leave you breathless as he takes you on an emotional musical journey. We also present Atli Heimir Sveinsson’s Symphony No. 2. Hailed as an Icelandic masterpiece, Sveinsson’s magnificent work makes its North American premiere tonight with Winnipeg’s own Prairie Voices and an extended WSO.
Jóhann Jóhannsson: A Prayer to the Dynamo (World premiere)
Atli Heimir Sveinsson: Symphony No. 2 (North American premiere)
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Parker Plays Brahms 2
Friday, March 2 · 8:00 PM
The great pianist Vladimir Horowitz, who played and recorded Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with his father-in-law conductor Arturo Toscanini, called it “the greatest music ever written for piano,” and we are honoured to have the exciting Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker to perform it. Composer Robert Schumann is a natural pairing with Brahms for it was Schumann who became the most influential person that ever came into the life of Brahms.
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 (Spring)
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
