Highlighting this concert of favorite arias and chamber music will be the premiere of a song cycle for soprano, mezzo and chamber ensemble composed by diverse Canadian composers unified in answering our challenging times with one word “Hope”.
Featuring: Danielle MacMillan, Mezzo Soprano; Maghan McPhee, Soprano; Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, Tanya Charles Iveniuk, Matt Antal, Samuel Bisson) ; Kaye Royer, Clarinet; Gilles Thibodeau, Horn; Lisa Tahara, Piano, Ronald Royer, Conductor, Ted Runcie, Conductor
Ronald Royer: (words from English translation adapted from Dante’s Divine Comedy) Women of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Three Songs for Mezzo Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (SPO Commission and Premiere)
Leela Gilday: (words, arranged by Martin Loomer) All Alone, for Mezzo Soprano and String Quartet
Shreya Jha: (music and words) Walk with Me, for Mezzo Soprano and Piano (New Generation Composer, SPO Commission and Premiere)
Rachel McFarlane: (music and words) Eternal Embrace, for Mezzo Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (New Generation Composer, SPO Commission and Premiere)
Daniel Mehdizadeh: (composer, Jess Azevedo, librettist) New Castles, for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, piano and cello (SPO Commission and Premiere)
Ted Runcie: (music and words) Where Shadow Chases Light for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, and Chamber Ensemble (SPO Commission and Premiere)
Gioacchino Rossini: Una voce poco fa, from Il barbiere di Siviglia, for Mezzo Soprano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Batti batti, from Don Giovanni, for Soprano
Charles Gounod : Je Veux Vivre from Romeo and Juliette, for Soprano
Leo Delibes: The Flower Duet from Lakme, For Soprano and Mezzo Soprano
Alexander Glazunov: Serenade for Horn and String Quartet (1884)
John Williams : Viktor’s Tale, from the Motion Picture, The Terminal, for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble