Hayden Bicentenary Celebrations: Classical Music Consort
HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS,
HAYDN BICENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
A Series of Nine Concerts Beginning Sunday, January 25
As 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Joseph Haydn’Äôs death, Toronto’Äôs Classical Music Consort presents a truly unique and special series of concerts dedicated to the work of one of the greatest composers to have ever lived. To launch this impressive series of nine events, the Classical Music Consort performs Haydn’Äôs
Haydn’Äôs two visits to
Highlights include performances of Haydn’Äôs London Symphonies (all twelve symphonies to be presented in four different concerts); art songs performed by baritone Giles Tomkins; chamber music for strings including the famous Salomon string quartets, delivered by
The Classical Music Consort is an enterprising young company, founded and lead by artistic director Ashiq Aziz (who recently returned to
The Classical Music Consort presents Haydn’Äôs
Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 7:30PM
For tickets (adult/$30; student/$15; senior/$15) please visit: http://www.uofttix.ca/view.php?id=441
HAYDN
Classical Music Consort; Ashiq Aziz, Conductor
Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 7:30pm - Nos. 93, 95, 96
Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 7:30pm - Nos. 94, 98, 97
Sunday, September 19, 2009 at 7:30pm - Nos. 99, 100, 101
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 7:30pm - Nos. 102, 103, 104
Here, the CMC presents a complete cycle of Haydn’Äôs London Symphonies, the twelve symphonies that Haydn wrote specifically for performance in
HAYDN
Adam Sherkin, piano
Thursday 22 April 2009 at 7:30pm
Heliconian Hall:
A testament to Haydn's cultivation of music for the keyboard, the near sixty sonatas he composed over his lifetime illustrate the evolution of some of the most significant compositional techniques of eighteenth century Western music. Among the finest of these are the last three piano sonatas, Hob. XVI/Nos. 50, 51 and 52, truly the apex of Haydn's solo keyboard output. Adam Sherkin presents a programme highlighting these riveting masterpieces, each a dazzling soundworld unto themselves. Complementing the sonatas are shorter works by four other composers: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, George Benjamin and Adam Sherkin himself. These 20th and 21st century 'homages' explore the nature of Haydn's musical legacy, in a sense suggesting an interpretive context for his art in a contemporary listening climate
Programme:
Benjamin: Meditation on Haydn’Äôs Name (1982)
Haydn: Sonata in C, Hob. Xvi/50
Debussy: Hommage ˆÝ Haydn (1909)
Ravel : Menuet sur le nom de Haydn (1909)
Haydn: Sonata in D, Hob. Xvi/51
Sherkin: World Premiere Tba (2008)
Haydn: Sonata in E-Flat, Hob. Xvi/52
HAYDN GYPSY TRIO
Duke Trio (Mark Fewer, violin; Thomas Wiebe, cello; Peter Longworth, piano)
Thursday 14 May 2009 at 7:30pm
Heliconian Hall:
Of the forty piano trios that Haydn composed in his lifetime, perhaps the most famous of these is his Trio in G major, ’ÄòGypsy’Äô, presented here by the Duke Trio. Known for the frequent use of Eastern European folk melodies in his music (as a result of his role as court composer to Prince
Esterhazy in present-day Hungary), the final movement of Haydn’Äôs Gypsy Trio recalls the recruiting dances of gypsy bands employed by Austrian officials to compel peasants in the fields to join the army. Haydn’Äôs trios as a whole spawned a rich literature of such music, inspiring all of the great composers after him to write some of their most intimate and expressive work for this genre. Included in this performance are also three lesser known works for piano trio, by composers Carl Frˆºhling, Paul Schoenfield, and Arno Babadjanian.
Programme:
Haydn: Trio No. 39 in G, ’ÄòGypsy’Äô
Frˆºhling: Trio, Op. 32
Babadjanian: Trio (1952)
Schoenfield: Cafe Music (1986)
HAYDN SALOMON QUARTETS (2 concerts)
Windermere Quartet (Rona Goldensher, violin; Elizabeth Andrews, violin; Anthony Rapaport, viola; Laura Jones, cello)
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 7:30pm
Programme:
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 71 Nos. 1-3
Rowsom: new work tba (2009)
Cecilia String Quartet (Min-Jeong Koh, violin; Sarah Nematallah, violin; Caitlin Boyle, viola; Rebecca Wenham, cello)
Friday, October 7, 2009 at 7:30pm
Programme:
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 74 Nos. 1-3
Written in
These works reflect the virtuosity and high level of technique for which Salomon’Äôs playing was known, significant in providing inspiration for Haydn in his compositional process. Presented in their entirety by the Windermere and Cecilia String Quartets, along with these important pieces is a new work for string quartet written by Canadian composer Bill Rowsom, in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of Haydn’Äôs death.
HAYDN SONGS
Giles Tomkins, bass-baritone
Kate Tremills, piano
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 7:30pm
Heliconian Hall:
Programme:
Haydn: Scottish Songs (selections)
Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte, Op. 94
Schubert: Schwanengesang, Op. posth. d 957
The rich classicism imbued in the works of Haydn's
TICKET INFORMATION
Single tickets: $35/$25 (adult/senior-student)
At the door, or by telephone: 416-978-8849
Online: www.uofttix.ca
In person: at UofTtix box office, Hart House,
Children go free! Children under 14 are eligible for a free ticket when accompanied by an adult (One free under 14 ticket per adult, subject to availability.)
Group bookings: The CMC offers a generous 20% discount for groups of 10 or more. For further information or to make a group booking, please call UofTtix at 416-978-8849. Group bookings are subject to availability.
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