NMF 3 - Jenny Lin + My 20th Century
Monday, February 8, 2009 • 7:30 p.m.
Centennial Concert Hall
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Pre-Concert Discussion • 6:40 p.m.
Pre-Concert Performance • 7:00 p.m.
A special double-bill! First, an intimate musical evening with internationally acclaimed pianist Jenny Lin, this year’s distinguished guest artist. Hear her perform new works by composers from all over the world: Randy Hostetler, Valentin Silvestrov, Arthur Kampela, Steven Stucky. Joining Ms. Lin will be our very own WSO String Quintet and Dutch-American painter Luc Leestemaker for the Canadian permiere of Vincent Ho’s Four Paintings by Leestemaker, inspired by four of Luc’s works.
Next is our special presentation of Tim Brady’s My 20th Century. Straight from a highly successful Canadian tour, Mr. Brady’s multi-media concert combines theatre, music and video in a virtuoso performance, presenting an extraordinary vision of the history and art of the past century. The work focuses on four seminal figures - John Lennon, Charlie Christian, Rosa Luxemburg and Dmitri Shostakotich - and how their lives affected art, politics and human society over the past 100 years.
Artists:
Jenny Lin, piano
Gwen Hoebig, violin
Karl Stobbe, violin
Daniel Scholz, viola
Yuri Hooker, cello
Meredith Johnson, contrabass
Tim Brady, guitar
Richard Lee, conductor
Allen Harrington, saxophone
Donna Laube, piano
Fred Liessens, percussion
David Cronkite, sampler/actor
Luc Leestemaker, artist/narrator
Program
Valentin Silvestrov (UA): Nostalghia
Randy Hostetler (USA): 8
Steven Stucky (USA): Three Little Variations for David
Arthur Kampela (BR): Nosturnos
Vincent Ho (CAN): Four Paintings By Leestemaker - Canadian premiere
INTERMISSION
Tim Brady (CAN): My 20th Century - Canadian premiere
WSO + Bradyworks co-production
Music and Text: Tim Brady
Video: I-Martin Messier + Tim Brady / II+IV - Martin Messier / III - Oana Suteu + Tim Brady
Theatre consultant: Stéphane Zarov
