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Modulus Saturday Night | One Night Stand: Kaija Saariaho

Modulus Saturday Night | One Night Stand: Kaija Saariaho

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
HERITAGE HALL | 3102 MAIN STREET (AT EAST 15th, IN EAST VAN) VANCOUVER | Google map
Bar opens at 7:00PM | Concert starts at 8:00PM

Featuring:
The Music on Main All-Star Band
Rebecca Wenham (cello), Robyn Driedger-Klassen (soprano), David Gillham (violin), Rachel Iwaasa, Corey Hamm (piano), Will Howie (electronics), Brian Nesselroad (percussion), Albertina Chan (harp)


Spend a night getting to know the music of Kaija Saariaho.

Finnish-born, Paris-based Saariaho celebrates her 60th birthday in 2012, and Music on Main brings the celebrations to Vancouver with music that is both tantalizingly seductive and intellectually stimulating.

Featuring members of the Music on Main All-Star Band, the concert brings together iconic music like Sept Papillons for solo cello and Lonh for voice and electronics with seldom-heard works that give us insight into one of today’s great composers.

programme

Set One

Ballade (2005) for solo piano
Prelude (2007) for solo piano
with Rachel Iwaasa (piano)

Mirrors (1997) for flute & cello
with Mark McGregor (flute) & Rebecca Wenham (cello)

Oi Kuu (1990) for bass flute & cello
with Mark McGregor (bass flute) & Rebecca Wenham (cello)

Miranda’s Lament (1997) for soprano, flute, violin, cello & harp
Robyn Driedger-Klassen (soprano), Mark McGregor (flute), David Gillham (violin), Rebecca Wenham (cello) & Albertina Chan (harp)

Set Two

Nocturne (1994) for violin
with David Gillham (violin)

Lonh (1994) for soprano and electronics
with Robyn Driedger-Klassen (soprano) & Will Howie (electronics)

Sept Papillons (2000) for cello
with Rebecca Wenham (cello)

Set Three

Tocar (2010) for violin & piano
with David Gillham (violin) & Rachel Iwaasa (piano)

Serenatas (2008) for percussion, piano & cello
with Brian Nesselroad (percussion), Corey Hamm (piano) & Rebecca Wenham (cello)

Terrestre (2002) for solo flute, cello, harp & percussion
with Mark McGregor (flute), David Gillham (violin), Rebecca Wenham (cello), Albertina Chan (harp) & Brian Nesselroad (percussion)

The 2012 Modulus Festival is generously sponsored by Bryan Price.