Hot concert
in a cold climate!

For this concert, the MCO looked north — north to a changing landscape, where there are few constants other than the sky above. s

Jim Hiscott’s new work,The Song of the Stars, is based on a Passamaquoddy text, and was written especially for our guest artists: soprano Maria Luz Alvarez (left) and guitarist Rodrigo Muñoz, and of course, the MCO strings!

Schnittke’s Concerto grosso conjures up a frozen landscape, and who better to perform this work than Karl Stobbe and Kerry DuWors, both veterans of the prairie winter! Favourite guest conductor Scott Yoo joins in this tribute to the North.

David R. Scott on the Beaufort sea

Another new work comes from David Raphael Scott. In May of 2008, he spent a chilly week on the icebreaker Amundsen in the Beaufort Sea (that's him in the photo above). He was in the company of scientists from all over the world involved in the University of Manitoba's Circumpolar Flaw Lead study examining the melting of the polar icecap. Hear how this once-in-a lifetime experience has shaped the new composition he has brought home to us.

Pre-concert event

Violinist Riley McIntyre, student of Brandon University professor, Kerry DuWors; 6:45 pm

MCO Pizza Club

Book at least 3 days in advance for the MCO Pizza Club! Arrive at 6 pm for pizza and a pre-concert presentation with instructor Barbara Hamilton. Tickets are $7.50 for students including pizza; adults pay regular price. MCO Pizza Club sponsored by Dr. R. Bruce McFarlane.

Repertoire

Edvard Grieg
Two Melodies, op. 53

Jim Hiscott
The Song of the Stars (MAC commission)

David R. Scott
The Widening Gyre (Canada Council commission)

Edvard Grieg
Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34

Alfred Schnittke
Concerto grosso, no. 1

 

 

Anne Manson / Music Director and Conductor

MCO's 2010/11 season is sponsored by The Great-West Life Assurance Company.
Support has been received from Media sponsors The Winnipeg Free Press, CBC Radio One 990,
CBC Radio 2 98.3, Espace musique 89,9 and Golden West Radio. Heartstrings gala sponsor:
Mann Financial Assurance Limited. Sponsor of open dress rehearsals: Canadian Bridge Federation.
Arts Accessibility Program: Sun Life Financial.

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