Season brochure - Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

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A Season to Celebrate.
2016
2017
MAHAN ESFAHANI
excitement starts here.
JAMES EHNES
JAN LISIECKI
OLIVER JONES
MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN
NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA
WITH ALEXANDER SHELLEY
ASHLEY MACISAAC
MIDORI
PINCHAS ZUKERMAN
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PIANO SERIES
GEORGY TCHAIDZE
PIANO
SERIES
5 Sunday
Afternoon
Virtuoso
Performances
MAHAN ESFAHANI
From Russia with Love
Georgy Tchaidze
Prokofiev/Rachmaninov/
Schumann/Liszt
Sunday, October 16, 2016 @ 2:30 PM
“unusually powerful for a performance
of so little ostentation”—OTTAWA CITIZEN
Russian pianist Georgy Tchaidze, Honens
International Piano Competition First Prize
Laureate, possesses “fine sensibility and
perfectly honed technique” according to
The Telegraph in its review of the young
pianist’s Wigmore Hall debut. Performances
throughout Europe and North America
have met with great acclaim. Broadcaster
Eric Friesen describes Tchaidze as
“profoundly poetic … drawn to lyric
intimacy as he is to firebrand virtuosity.”
Bach and Beyond
Mahan Esfahani,
Harpsichord
Bach/Rameau/Sweelinck
Sunday, November 20, 2016 @ 2:30 PM
“He’s a brilliant player — two days
after this recital I’m still tingling over his
forensic attack and silk-smooth arpeggios
… Dashingly eloquent, dizzyingly skilled,
Esfahani makes the harpsichord seem
an instrument reborn.”—THE TIMES
This young Persian-American harpsichordist
received Gramophone Award nominations
in 2015 in the Best Baroque Instrumental,
Best Instrumental, and the Artist of the Year
categories. An exclusive artist with Deutsche
Grammophon, Esfahani has been earning
numerous rave reviews including this
from The Guardian: “It would be hard not
to be impressed by Iranian harpsichordist
Mahan Esfahani. Young, suave, eloquent…
he’s an inquisitive mind… [delivering] a
phenomenally accomplished performance.”
PIANO SERIES
SIMONE DINNERSTEIN
Schubert and Glass
in Dialogue
Simone Dinnerstein
Sunday, December 11, 2016 @ 2:30 PM
“Simone Dinnerstein is one of the
most exciting interpreters of music
from baroque to the very modern.”
—PHILIP GLASS
Patterns and transformation lie at the
heart of the music of both Schubert
and Glass, and this program explores
their unexpected musical similarities.
Franz Schubert and Philip Glass were
both born on January 31st, and on
that date Glass will turn 80. Renowned
American pianist Simone Dinnerstein
has chosen to celebrate this anniversary
with Schubert Impromptus and Glass’s
mesmerizing Metamorphosis.
JAN LISIECKI
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN
Jan Lisiecki
Marc-André Hamelin
Sunday, February 19, 2017 @ 2:30 PM
Sunday, March 19, 2017 @ 2:30 PM
‘’A musician of unusual
refinement and imagination.’’
“Hamelin is known as a titanic
interpreter of late Romantic and
20th-century showstoppers, but the
beauty of his Mozart and Haydn shows
the extraordinary versatility of his
talents.”— OTTAWA CITIZEN
Bach/Schumann/Chopin/
Schubert
—THE BOSTON GLOBE
The New York Times has called this
20-year-old Canadian “a pianist who
makes every note count.” Here is an
artist who signed an exclusive recording
agreement with Deutsche Grammophon
at the age of 15. A dazzling presence on
the world stage, Jan Lisiecki is universally
recognized for his poetic musicianship.
ClassicFM stated, “He may be young
but Jan Lisiecki plays Schumann like
a legend.”
Haydn/Beethoven/Feinberg/
Brahms/Ravel
The grand finale of this season’s Piano
Series features Canadian pianist
Marc-André Hamelin in a magnificent
program spanning three centuries of
pianistic brilliance. Ranked among the
elite of world pianists for his unrivalled
blend of musicianship and virtuosity,
Hamelin brings to concert halls and
recordings the great works of the
established repertoire plus an intrepid
exploration of 19th, 20th and 21st
century rarities.
ENSEMBLE SERIES
NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE
ORCHESTRA WITH
ALEXANDER SHELLEY
GERMANY’S
TRIO JEAN PAUL
ENSEMBLE
SERIES
5 Spectacular
Ensemble
Performances
Germany’s
Trio Jean Paul
Haydn/Beethoven/Brahms
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
@ 7:30 PM
“...The Jean Paul players unashamedly
held nothing back. These are acutely
musical and sophisticated players.”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Trio Jean Paul, founded in 1991,
is one of today’s most distinguished
chamber music ensembles. After winning
first prizes at international competitions,
this German chamber ensemble
maintains an extensive concert career at
major musical centers around the world.
National Arts Centre
Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, Conductor
Schumann Symphonies
Saturday, October 1, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
The Isabel welcomes National Arts
Centre Orchestra, conducted by their
new Music Director Alexander Shelley, for
a celebration of Schumann symphonies.
Shelley first gained widespread attention
when he was unanimously awarded first
prize at the 2005 Leeds Conductors
Competition and was described as
“the most exciting and gifted young
conductor to have taken this highly
prestigious award. His conducting
technique is immaculate, everything
crystal clear and a tool to his inborn
musicality.”
ENSEMBLE SERIES
ISRAEL’S PROFETI DELLA QUINTA
JONATHAN CROW
CECILIA STRING QUARTET
Toronto Symphony
Orchestra Chamber
Soloists
Israel’s Profeti della
Quinta Vocal Ensemble
Mozart & Messiaen
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
Part 1: Film: “HEBREO: THE
SEARCH FOR SALOMONE ROSSI”
Part 2: Performance of his Italian
madrigals, instrumental pieces and
Hebrew prayers.
TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow,
Principal Clarinetist Joaquin Valdepeñas
and their Toronto Symphony colleagues
perform the exquisite Mozart Clarinet
Quintet and Messiaen Quartet for the
End of Time. This hauntingly beautiful
quartet was premiered in 1941 at a
prisoner-of-war camp where Messiaen
was imprisoned. The musicians played
on dilapidated instruments and to an
audience of about 400 fellow prisoners
and guards in the rain. Messiaen later
recalled: “Never was I listened to with such
rapt attention and comprehension.”
MARJAN
MOZETICH
HEBREO
In the late Renaissance, at the height
of Mantua’s artistic splendour, a young
Jewish violinist Salomone Rossi burst
through the barriers of discrimination
and became one of the most renowned
composers and performers at the court
of the Gonzaga dukes. In 1622, he
revolutionized Jewish music with his
Songs of Solomon, the first collection ever
of originally composed music for Hebrew
psalms and prayers. Founded in Israel, the
male vocal ensemble Profeti della Quinta
(“Prophets of the Perfect Fifth”) aims to
create vivid and expressive performances
of music of the Renaissance and Baroque
periods. Founded in the Galilee region of
Israel by Elam Rotem, the ensemble is
currently based in Basel, Switzerland.
Cecilia String Quartet
With Lawrence Wiliford, Tenor
Marjan Mozetich World Premiere
Schubert Death and the Maiden
Friday, March 3, 2017 @ 7:30 PM
Hailed for their “powerful” (Chicago
Sun-Times) and “dauntingly perfect”
(Berliner Zeitung) performances, the
Cecilia String Quartet have been
prize-winners at major international
competitions, including Osaka,
Bordeaux, and the Banff International
String Quartet Competition. As part of
the grand finale of the Ensemble
Series, the Cecilia String Quartet will
be presenting an exciting new work by
Queen’s composer Marjan Mozetich, and
Schubert’s thrilling Death and the Maiden.
THANK YOU TO BURGUNDY ASSET MANAGEMENT
FOR ITS ONGOING GENEROUS SUPPORT
OF PROGRAMMING AT THE ISABEL.
JAZZ SERIES
3 evenings of electrifying jazz entertainment
The Incomparable Oliver Jones
Saturday, November 19, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
Join us for a great night of jazz piano in this tribute to Oscar Peterson by
legendary jazz pianist Oliver Jones. Distinguished cultural ambassador
and celebrity in the international jazz community, Jones is one of
Canada’s most beloved and admired musicians. He has toured tirelessly
in Canada and around the world and has devoted much of his time to
encouraging young Canadian musicians as they begin their careers.
Disciple and friend of Oscar Peterson, Oliver Jones’ career as a jazz
musician is inspiring. Sharing his mentor’s technical prowess and
melodic inventiveness, Oliver Jones brings to life the best of jazz piano.
OLIVER JONES
STEVE KOVEN
THANK YOU TO JOHN AND PHYLLIS RAE FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THIS GREAT ARTIST.
The World of Jazz
Steve Koven Trio
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
“Steve Koven brings to the stage, a contagious passion for jazz
that has made him one of the finest performers in the biz.”
— MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
The Steve Koven Trio is a globally active Canadian jazz group that has
brought Canada to the world, and the world to Canadian jazz. Creatively
incorporating world musical traditions into intimate jazz performances,
pianist Steve Koven is joined by long time members Anthony Michelli
on drums and Rob Clutton on bass. Formed in 1993, the trio performs
world-wide as one of Canada’s cultural ambassadors, and has recorded
nine albums. “My music really explores a wide spectrum of different
musical idioms, from Eric Satie to the ‘Father of the Blues’ W.C. Handy,
up to a contemporary, almost avant-garde, approach to improvisation,”
said Koven.
The Big Band Sound
John MacLeod & His Rex Hotel Orchestra
Saturday, March 18, 2017 @ 7:30 PM
John MacLeod’s credentials as a trumpeter, composer and arranger
have been firmly established, with a distinguished career spanning
almost thirty years on the Canadian music scene. He has worked with
Toronto’s most elite musicians and musical organizations in both the
jazz and commercial music fields. In 2003, John formed his own large
jazz ensemble, the 20-piece Rex Hotel Orchestra (named after the
club where it performs the last Monday of each month). The Rex Hotel
Orchestra is now one of Canada’s finest Big Band Jazz Orchestras.
NEW! VIOLIN FESTIVAL
“…THE VIOLIN — THAT MOST
HUMAN OF ALL INSTRUMENTS…”―
—LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
THE INAUGURAL
BADER AND OVERTON
INTERNATIONAL
VIOLIN
FESTIVAL
The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
proudly presents a remarkable festival in which the
world’s finest violinists perform on the Isabel stage.
VIOLIN FESTIVAL PASSES
Platinum (all 8 concerts)
Gold (choice of 5 concerts)
Silver (choice of 4 concerts)
FREE COMPETITION ACCESS TO ALL
VIOLIN FESTIVAL PASS HOLDERS
All violin festival pass holders get
FREE access to the inaugural Isabel
Overton Bader Canadian Violin
Competition performances in April, 2017.
Celebrated as the instrument that is the closest to
the human voice, the violin has a special place in
musical history and is often regarded as the ‘queen
of all instruments.’ Its soulful diversity of expression
is captured in many musical genres from classical
to klezmer. The festival violinists will express, in the
words of Victor Hugo, ‘that which cannot be said
and on which it is impossible to be silent.’
THANK YOU TO ISABEL AND ALFRED BADER FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP SUPPORT OF THIS INAUGURAL FESTIVAL.
VIOLIN FESTIVAL
collectif9
collectif9
Thursday, October 13, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
“Classical music revisited with collectif9—
The string nonet collectif9 offers its public
something truly as valuable as it is rare: classical
repertoire revisited with passion and fearlessness.”
—BACHTRACK
The Festival begins with collectif9 who will perform a
varied selection of classical and folk-inspired music, in this
unique celebration of the violin. Quebec’s globe-trotting
collectif9 (“collectif neuf”), a nine-piece string ensemble,
presents classical music with rock-style charisma,
combining boldness and the highest of musical standards
with amplification and lighting. From Gagnon to Golijov,
passing though Brahms and Schnittke, the classical and
Québécois repertoire of the group is integral to its identity.
James Ehnes @40
Handel/Beethoven/Tovey
Monday, October 17, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
“Isn’t it time we just came out and declared James
Ehnes one of the greatest violinists of the day?”
—HERALD SCOTLAND
Ten-time Juno Award winning Canadian violinist
James Ehnes is marking his 40th birthday with the
James Ehnes@40 cross-Canada concert tour.
“As the milestone of my 40th birthday approached,
it struck me that I could give myself and my family no
better gift than the opportunity to explore this great
nation from West to East, North to South,” Ehnes said.
Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong will play works by
Handel, Beethoven and a new work by Bramwell Tovey.
JAMES EHNES
VIOLIN FESTIVAL
Kingston’s Kelli Trottier
Saturday, October 22, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
“Every time Kelli takes to the stage, she is like a
breath of fresh air, mesmerizing all in attendance
with her angelic vocals and awesome fiddling
prowess. Little wonder I am one of her greatest fans…
I absolutely adore Kelli and her God-given talents!”
— WAYNE ROSTAD, C.M., MUSICIAN & TELEVISION PRESENTER
KELLI TROTTIER
Join Kingston fiddler Kelli Trottier in a concert that includes
her original Scottish and French inspired compositions
including jigs, reels, waltzes, airs and two steps. As a
triple threat, Kelli brings her crisp fiddling, angelic voice
and fiery stepdance to all of her performances. Her
talents carry her to stages across North America,
Europe, the Middle East, and the Far North, making
fans and friends at every venue along the way.
Zukerman Trio
Brahms/Shostakovich/Mendelssohn
Friday, October 28, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
“Youth sticks with some people... Zukerman seems
the forever-young virtuoso: expressively resourceful,
infectiously musical, technically impeccable, effortless.”
—THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
Equally respected as a violinist, violist, conductor,
teacher and chamber musician, Israeli violinist Pinchas
Zukerman is indeed a master of our time. In 2013, the
Zukerman Trio was formed with cellist Amanda Forsyth
and pianist Angela Cheng. With Pinchas Zukerman’s
matchless musicianship and charisma at its core,
this is a trio made in heaven. The Isabel is thrilled to
have this extraordinary trio return to its stage.
ZUKERMAN TRIO
Midori
Monday, October 31, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
“SO musical perfection does exist.”
— EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
REVIEW: MIDORI, EDINBURGH GUIDE
Now celebrating almost three decades on the world
stage, Japanese violinist Midori Goto- got an early start
on the violin. She made her New York Philharmonic
debut at the age 11, has played with the top orchestras
in the world and continues to manage an impressive
and demanding international performing career. She
is described by the International Record Review as
“among the finest violinists of her generation.”
MIDORI
VIOLIN FESTIVAL
The Klezmer Violin
Elvira and Kleztory
Sunday, November 6, 2016 @ 2:30 PM
“Sensitive music, touching, exciting that messes
with emotions.” —LA SCENE MUSICALE
The acrobatic performance of Russian violinist
Elvira Misbakhova and the great collaboration
between the Klezmer musicians on stage will
make this show unforgettable. In addition to their
own performances worldwide, they have been
featured on stage with Orchestre Symphonique de
Montréal. Originating in the villages and ghettos of
Eastern Europe, nomadic Jewish musicians known
as “klezmorim” performed at weddings and other
celebrations. Kleztory’s performances are emotionally
charged shows, replete with humour and energy.
“I KNOW THAT THE MOST JOY IN MY LIFE
HAS COME TO ME FROM MY VIOLIN.”
—ALBERT EINSTEIN, PHYSICIST AND AMATEUR VIOLIN PLAYER
The Beauty of the Bach Concerto
Viktoria Mullova and
Italy’s Accademia Bizantina
Saturday, November 12, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
“To hear Mullova play Bach is, simply, one of the
greatest things you can experience.” —THE GUARDIAN.
VIKTORIA MULLOVA
Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova is one of the world’s greatest
violin virtuosos, winner of the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius violin
competitions and renowned for her performances with the
world’s greatest orchestras. She has become fascinated with
baroque music and frequently collaborates with Orchestra
of the Age of Enlightenment, Il Giardino Armonico and
Venice Baroque. The Isabel has the great privilege of
presenting this great artist performing Bach violin concertos,
accompanied by the renowned Italian baroque ensemble
Accademia Bizantina.
VIOLIN FESTIVAL
“THE WAIT WAS WORTH IT. CAPE
BRETON’S FIREBRAND FIDDLER
ASHLEY MACISAAC SPORTS
SOME OF THE MOST LOYAL
FANS ON THE PLANET … [AND]
OH MY, DO THOSE FINGERS FLY!”
—THE VANCOUVER SUN
Ashley MacIsaac
Canada’s Cape Breton Celtic Superstar
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
Described by The Toronto Star as “a fiery and brilliant
player,” fiddling phenom Ashley MacIsaac grew up
under the spotlight as a dynamic young fiddler from
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and his revolutionary
approach to his art has brought him international
acclaim. The enfant terrible of Canadian fiddling perhaps,
but he has pushed the traditional styles of Celtic music
into new areas, incorporating rock, pop, and everything
imaginable in between to Celtic performance.
VIOLIN FESTIVAL PASSES
Platinum (all 8 concerts)
Gold (choice of 5 concerts)
Silver (choice of 4 concerts)
FREE COMPETITION ACCESS TO ALL
VIOLIN FESTIVAL PASS HOLDERS
All violin festival pass holders get
FREE access to the inaugural Isabel
Overton Bader Canadian Violin
Competition performances in April, 2017.
ASHLEY MACISAAC
NEW! CANADIAN
VIOLIN COMPETITION
April 26 – 29, 2017
THE INAUGURAL
ISABEL OVERTON BADER
CANADIAN
VIOLIN
COMPETITION
The Isabel will showcase top young
violinists 18 to 29 from across Canada
who will compete for:
FIRST PRIZE
The Marion Overton Dick
Memorial Violin Prize: $20,000 CAD
SECOND PRIZE $4,000 CAD
THIRD PRIZE
$2,000 CAD
All Bader and Overton International Violin Festival Pass Holders
have FREE access to the Semi-Finalist and Finalist Round
performances at the new ISABEL BADER CANADIAN VIOLIN
COMPETITION and will get to witness the brilliance of the next
generation of Canada’s virtuoso musicians!
The inaugural Isabel Overton Bader Canadian Violin Competition
has been created to inspire excellence and to provide performance
experience and career development opportunities for Canada’s
top violinists 18 to 29 years old.
This Competition will inspire and assist world-class Canadian
violinists who aspire to a concert career on the national and
international stage. The juries will include such violinists as Jonathan
Crow (TSO), Gisèle Dalbec-Szczesniak (KSA), Gwen Hoebig (WSO),
Jeanne Lamon (Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra), Barry Shiffman
(Banff International String Quartet Competition), Andrew Wan
(OSM), and Kingston Symphony Music Director Evan Mitchell.
The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts’ mandate is to
support the development of outstanding young talent, and how
thrilling it will be to inspire young violinists and audiences with
this major competition.
The Competition will be accepting applications starting
June 1, 2016, at
theisabel.ca/violin-competition
ISABEL OVERTON BADER ON PIANO WITH HER SISTER,
MARION OVERTON DICK ON VIOLIN.
VIOLIN FESTIVAL PASS HOLDERS
GET FREE ACCESS TO ALL THE INAUGURAL
ISABEL OVERTON BADER CANADIAN
VIOLIN COMPETITION PERFORMANCES
NEW! HUMAN RIGHTS
ARTS FESTIVAL
March 13 – April 9, 2017
MUSIC
FILM
Measha Brueggergosman
TIFF comes to Kingston
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 @ 7:30 PM
Bravely bearing witness to injustice worldwide, the Isabel
partners with Toronto International Film Festival and
Human Rights Watch in presenting three feature films of
the TIFF 2017 Human Rights Watch Film Festival telling
extraordinary stories of struggle, survival, and hope.
Songs of Freedom
Superstar soprano Measha Brueggergosman explores
her African heritage & the powerful music born by the
hard path from slavery to freedom. Measha performs an
intensely powerful and spiritual collection of ‘Freedom
Songs’ that emerged from Africa via the slave trade to
America, then to Canada via the United Empire Loyalist
migration and the Underground Railroad. “My exploration
of African-American spirituals is a way for me to challenge
my classically trained mind. It is helping me to become a
better musician. But there is another reason why spirituals
are so important to me. I wanted to explore this repertoire
because it’s dear to my heart. These spirituals are close to
my Christian faith. They are also a very important part of my
family’s history. It is the music of my people. My ancestors
were stolen from Africa and sold into slavery in the United
States before finding freedom in Nova Scotia.”
MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN
The three films will be announced in January 2017
for the April 2017 screening.
Art & Ideas
Renowned speakers and artistic presentations
will be announced in the fall of 2016.
GLOBAL SALON
SERIES
Tales of Two Cities:
The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra World Premiere Event
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
JEANNE LAMON | DIRECTOR
ALISON MACKAY | PROGRAM CREATOR
MARYEM TOLLAR | NARRATOR & VOCALIST
ALON NASHMAN | NARRATOR
Join us at the Isabel for the world premiere of Tales of Two Cities, a remarkable
new program that imaginatively bridges east and west. This is the latest creation
from Alison Mackay, who also conceived and programmed the phenomenally
successful The Galileo Project and House of Dreams. Her newest musical timetravel project brings the audience to the year 1740, when coffee houses were
important cultural and social hubs in both the famous trading centres of Leipzig
and Damascus. This program presents the visual splendor, music and tales of
these historic locations and features Tafelmusik along with two of Canada’s most
engaging stage personalities, Maryem Tollar and Alon Nashman. They are joined
by an ensemble of world musicians including oud (Middle Eastern lute) player
Demetri Petsalakis and Persian percussionist Naghmeh Harahmand. Tafelmusik
will be in residence at the Isabel to work on this new creation, and Kingston
audiences will get to witness the world premiere!
The World Remembers
Remembrance Day Concert
Friday, November 11, 2016 @ 7:30 PM
LUTE LEGENDS
MARK SIRETT
Join Kingston’s Peace Quest and the Isabel to
mark Remembrance Day with a concert featuring
the Cantabile Men’s and Women’s Choruses and
Lute Legends. The music will be backed by the
poignant projections of the eminent Canadian actor
R.H. Thomson’s The World Remembers, a patriotic
visual memorial marks the centenary of World War I
by displayingthe names of the millions who died
on both sides of that tragic conflict. The Cantabile
Choirs and the international artists of Lute Legends
will perform music from around
the world that embodies
humanity’s quest for peace.
Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 @ 7:30 PM
Join the Evergreen Club, Canada’s ensemble of eight remarkable
musicians who perform and record using an assortment of bronze and
wooden instruments from Indonesia. Collectively these instruments are
known as a gamelan – an instrument ensemble that plays an important
role in the Indonesian culture. Featured in the movie soundtracks of
Life of Pi and The Ice Storm, the Evergreen Club has enchanted audiences
around the world. The Evergreen Club will perform traditional Sundanese
pieces as well as Canadian and international commissioned pieces
created for this feted ensemble.
SPECIAL EVENTS
ONE LAST NIGHT WITH MATA HARI
A WORLD PREMIERE
MUSIC BY
John Burge
BOOK AND LYRICS BY
Craig Walker
SET AND COSTUMES
DESIGNED BY
Andrea Robertson
DIRECTED BY
PATRICIA O’CALLAGHAN
“This Toronto soprano
can sing a 100-year-old
German tune so lustily
that you almost don’t
need a translation to
know that someone’s
about to get his throat
cut or get laid or both.”
—THE NATIONAL POST
Craig Walker
JOHN BURGE
January 11, 2017 @ 8 PM
– Pay What You Can Preview
January 12-14, 2017 @ 8 PM
January 15, 2017 Matinee @ 2 PM
January 17-21, 2017 @ 8 PM
January 22, 2017 Matinee@ 2 PM
Mata Hari is considered the very
type of the treacherous femme
fatale. But was she really a double
agent? Or was she framed? In a
private cabaret performance
in St. Lazare prison, on the eve
of her execution, she tells her
story to a select audience.
STARRING:
CRAIG WALKER
A MUSIC DRAMA IN TWO ACTS IN
THE POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA
STUDIO THEATRE AT THE ISABEL.
JOHN BURGE
PATRICIA O’CALLAGHAN
AS MATA HARI
GREGORY OH
AS DR. BIZARD ON PIANO
ROYAL
CONSERVATORY
ORCHESTRA
Johannes Debus, Conductor
Burge/Haydn/Villa Lobos/Sibelius
Sunday, February 12, 2017 @ 2:30 PM
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JOHANNES DEBUS
The Royal Conservatory Orchestra returns to the stage
of the Isabel, this time with celebrated Canadian Opera
Company Music Director Johannes Debus as its
conductor. This wonderfully talented group of
pre-professional musicians will perform a program
comprising a magnificent world tour of repertoire:
John Burge’s Snowdrift, a Haydn London Symphony,
Villa Lobos’ Ciranda das sete notas with Bee Ungar as
bassoon soloist, and Sibelius’s popular Symphony No. 5.
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If you are willing to wait, go online:
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New subscriptions will be available online on May 18th
after all our renewing subscribers have been seated.
Single tickets will be available online on September 1st.
BADER AND OVERTON INTERNATIONAL
VIOLIN FESTIVAL PACKAGE PRICES
2016.2017 SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE PRICES
PIANO SERIES SUBSCRIPTION PRICE (5 CONCERTS)
General Public
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
FR ORCH
$ 235.00 $ 215.00 $ 115.00 R ORCH
$ 190.00 $ 170.00 $ 90.00 General Public
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
$ 235.00 $ 215.00 $ 115.00 $ 190.00 $ 170.00 $ 90.00 All Bader and Overton International Violin Festival pass
holders will get free access to Isabel Overton Bader
BALCONY
$ 155.00 $ 135.00 $ 75.00 Canadian Violin Competition Concerts April 26 to 29, 2017.
PLATINUM FESTIVAL PASS (ALL 8 CONCERTS) FR ORCH
R ORCH
BALCONY
$ 248.00 $ 216.00 $ 180.00
$ 230.00 $ 196.00 $ 156.00
$ 124.00 $ 98.00 $ 86.00
General Public
Faculty/Staff
ENSEMBLE SERIES SUBSCRIPTION PRICE (5 CONCERTS) FR ORCH
R ORCH
BALCONY
Student Price
$ 155.00 GOLD FESTIVAL PASS (CHOICE OF 5 CONCERTS)
$ 135.00 FR ORCH
R ORCH
BALCONY
$ 75.00 General Public
$ 195.00 $ 170.00 $ 140.00
Faculty/Staff
$ 180.00 $ 155.00 $ 130.00
COMBINED PIANO & ENSEMBLE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
Student Price
$ 95.00 $ 75.00 $ 65.00
(10 CONCERTS)
BALCONY
SILVER FESTIVAL PASS (CHOICE OF 4 CONCERTS)
FR ORCH
R ORCH
BALCONY
General Public
$ 270.00 General Public
$ 166.00 $ 144.00 $ 122.00
Faculty/Staff
$ 230.00 Faculty/Staff
$ 154.00 $ 131.00 $ 109.00
Student Price
$ 140.00 Student Price
$ 83.00 $ 64.00 $ 58.00
FR ORCH
$ 380.00 $ 340.00 $ 190.00 R ORCH
$ 330.00 $ 290.00 $ 160.00 JAZZ SERIES SUBSCRIPTION PRICE (3 CONCERTS)
General Public
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
FR ORCH
$ 135.00 $ 123.00 $ 69.00 BALCONY
$ 93.00 $ 81.00 $ 45.00
R ORCH
$ 111.00 $ 99.00 $ 54.00 GLOBAL SALON SERIES SUBSCRIPTION PRICE (3 CONCERTS)
General Public
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
FR ORCH
$ 99.00 $ 85.00 $ 49.00 SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE
On September 1, 2016
BALCONY
$ 83.00 $ 69.00 $ 41.00
R ORCH
$ 90.00 $ 76.00 $ 44.00 Note: Tafelmusik’s Tales of Two Cities concert has designated seating.
The World Remembers and the Evergreen Club Contemporary
Gamelan concert are General Admission performances.
ONE LAST NIGHT WITH MATA HARI
EARLY BIRD
SUBSCRIBERS:
$ 35.00
$ 31.00
$ 19.00
Renew by April 29th
and
receive one free ticket
ROYAL CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA
to the Royal Conservatory
General Public
$ 23.50
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
Orchestra concert.
$ 19.50
$ 11.75
MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN
General Public
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
FR ORCH
$ 46.75 $ 43.25
$ 23.25 R ORCH BALCONY
$ 40.50 $ 34.25
$ 37.00 $ 30.50
$ 18.00 $ 16.25
SIDES/CHOIR
$ 25.25
$ 21.50
$ 12.50
*Special Events discounted subscriber pricing offer
expires on August 31, 2016.
All tickets include HST. Artists and programming are subject to change.
2016.2017 SINGLE TICKET PRICES
—NON-SUBSCRIPTION
PIANO, ENSEMBLE, JAZZ, VIOLIN FESTIVAL,
MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN
(INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES)
SPECIAL EVENTS DISCOUNTED
SUBSCRIBER PRICING*
General Public
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
General Public
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
FR ORCH
$ 52.00 $ 48.00
$ 26.00 R ORCH BALCONY
$ 45.00 $ 38.00
$ 41.00 $ 34.00
$ 20.00 $ 18.00
SIDES/CHOIR
$ 28.00
$ 24.00
$ 14.00
ROYAL CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA & GLOBAL SALON SERIES
(NON-SUBSCRIBER TICKET PRICES/GENERAL ADMISSION)
General Public
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
GENERAL ADMISSION
$ 29.00 $ 25.00
$ 15.00
ONE LAST NIGHT WITH MATA HARI IN THE STUDIO THEATRE
(NON-SUBSCRIBER TICKET PRICES/GENERAL ADMISSION)
General Public
Faculty/Staff
Student Price
GENERAL ADMISSION
$ 39.00 $ 36.00
$ 25.00
Charitable Registration Number: (BN) 10786 8705 RR0001
PHOTO CREDITS—COVER & BACK COVER Isabel Bader Centre For the Performing Arts: silentSama architectural photography | INTRO PAGES—Mahan Esfahani: Marco Borggreve | Measha Brueggergosman: with permission
from the artist | James Ehnes: Benjamin Ealovega | Jan Lisiecki: DG/Mathias Bothor | National Arts Centre Orchestra with Alexander Shelley: Fred Cattroll | Ashley MacIsaac: with permission from the artist | Oliver Jones: with
permission from the artist/agent | Midori: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Pinchas Zukerman: Cheryl Mazak | PIANO SERIES—Georgy Tchaidze: Chad Johnston | Mahan Esfahani: Bernhard Musil | Simone Dinnerstein:
Lisa-Marie Mazzucco | Jan Lisiecki: DG/Mathias Bothor | Marc-André Hamelin: Sim Canetty-Clarke | ENSEMBLE SERIES—National Arts Centre Orchestra with Alexander Shelley with permission from the artist/agent |
Trio Jean Paul: Irene Zandel | Jonathan Crow: Bo Huang | Profeti Della Quinta: with permission from the artist | Cecilia String Quartet: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco | Marjan Mozetich: with permission from the artist | JAZZ SERIES—
Oliver Jones: Pierre Arsenault | Steve Koven: with permission from the artist | John McLeod and the Rex Hotel Orchestra: with permission from the artist | VIOLIN FESTIVAL: Collectif9: Danylö Böbyk | James Ehnes: Benjamin
Ealovega | Kelli Trottier: with permission from the artist | Zukerman Trio: Cheryl Mazak | Midori: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Kleztory: with permission from the artist | Viktoria Mullova: J Henry Fair | Ashley MacIsaac:
with permission from the artist | HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL— Measha Brueggergosman: Mat Dunlap | GLOBAL SALON SERIES—Tales Of Two Cities: Pera Museum, Istanbul | Lute Legends: Sian Richards | Mark Sirett:
with permission from the artist | Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan: with permission from the artist | SPECIALS— Patricia O’callaghan: Andrew MacNaughtan | John Burke: with permission from the artist | Craig Walker:
with permission from the artist | Johannes Debus: Lisa Sakulensky Photography | Isabel Bader Centre the the Performing Arts Concert Hall: © Snøhetta
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