2018/2019 : 9TH SEASON

‘ CANADIANA’​


SAT JAN 5 @ 3PM

String Extravaganza VIII

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BRAHMS String Quintet Op. 111 in G major
SCHUBERT Quintet in C major D. 956

Yehonatan Berick & Csaba Koczo, violin
Caitlin Boyle & Theresa Rudolph, viola
Rachel Desoer & Rachel Mercer, cello

Sponsor: Gisela and Uri Wittenberg, Kamran International

SAT FEB 23 @ 1PM

The Mosaïque Project

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A 14 movement suite inspired by Canada, each by a different
Canadian composers of diverse genres.

BRAID, DAVID (Northwest Territories) Great Bear River Blues
CROALL, BARBARA (St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes) Nbiidaasamishkaamin/We Come Paddling Here
DOIRON, JULIE arr. Andrew Creeggan (New Brunswick) Blessed
DOWNING, ANDREW (Manitoba) Red River Fantasy 
FUNG, VIVIAN (Alberta) Shifting Landscapes
GILBERT, NICOLAS (Québec) Ilôts 
LAU, KEVIN (Yukon) Race to the Midnight Sun
LIZÉE, NICOLE (Saskatchewan) The Bessborough Hotel
MASCALL, RICHARD (Ontario) Petroglyphs
MOUSSA, SAMY (Nunavut) Orpheus in Nunavut
ROWSON, WILLIAM (Nova Scotia) Short Variations on Waves
SIGESMUND, DARREN (Prince Edward Island) Kensington Ceilidh
SLEAN, SARAH (Newfoundland) Jonny Pippy of Pouch Cove, on a Bicycle at Dawn
SOKOLOVIĆ, ANA (British Columbia) Splendor Sine Occasu

ENSEMBLE MADE IN CANADA
Angela Park, piano
Elissa Lee, violin
Sharon Wei, viola
Rachel Mercer, cello

Sponsor: Daphne Payne

SAT APR 13 @ 3PM

Music of Canadian Women

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VIOLET ARCHER Four Duos for violin and cello
JEAN COULTHARD Sonata for violin and cello
REBEKAH CUMMINGS New Work *
BARBARA MONK FELDMAN Pour un nuage violet
ALICE HO *Kagura Fantasy (New Work) *
JOCELYN MORLOCK New Work *

 *World Premieres

Mercer Duo
Akemi Mercer-Niewohener, violin
Rachel Mercer, cello

Sponsor: François Verschaeve

SAT JUNE 15 @ 3PM & 7PM

*TWO CONCERTS*

Beethoven Blowout!

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BEETHOVEN Complete Sonatas for piano and cello +
Pieces inspired by the sonatas by 5 Canadian cellist-composers:
ANDREW DOWNING Five Little Pieces
RAPHAEL WEINROTH-BROWNE Triumvirate
FJOLA EVANS Evans Ridge & Furrow
MATT BRUBECK Entsprechung
HUNTER COBLENTZ Two Cellos, Dilations

+ order and concert # TBD

MERCER-PARK DUO
Angela Park, piano, Rachel Mercer, cello

VC2 CELLO DUO
Amahl Arulanandam, cello, Bryan Holt, cello

Sponsors: Carlos Markyna & June Caskey-Markyna,
Bill Mercer Geological Consulting
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All at The First Unitarian Church, Hamilton
170 Dundurn St S, Hamilton ON, L8P4K3

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program and artists subject to change