· director & conductor Friday, October 15, 2004 R. Murray Schafer Harry Somers Arvo Part Colin McPhee GUEST ART IST: Thunder: Perfect Mind for mezzo-soprano and orchestra World Premiere Those Silent Awe Filled Spaces Tabula Rasa for two violins, prepared piano & string orchestra T abuh-Tabuhan Toccata for Orchestra and 2 Pianos Eleanor James, mezzo-soprano Sunday, November 28, 2004 Thomas Ades Henry Brant Tristan Keuris Asyla Op. 1 7 for large orchestra Canadian Premiere Ice Field Spatial Narratives for Large and Small Orchestral Groups Canadian Premiere Arcade six more preludes for orchestra Canadian Premiere Sunday, March 6, 2005 Denys Bouliane Alexina Louie Alex Pauk GUEST ARTISTS: Snow is White but Water is Black The Death of Seigun (excerpt from the opera The Scarlett Princess) 0 Magnum Mysterium: In Memoriam Glenn Gould arranged for 34 strings by John Rea Harp Concerto Denys Bouliane, guest conductor/ Erica Goodman, harp Colleen Skull, soprano / David Pomeroy, tenor Thursday, May 26, 2005 Chris Paul Harman Paul Frehner Scott Wilson Gyula Bankovi GUEST SOL OISTS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra New Work for Orchestra Four Names of Beauty Accord(ion) Concerto Shauna Rolston, cello/ Joseph Macerollo, accordion *World Premiere *World Premiere World Premiere Canadian Premiere ' ESPRIT ORCHESTRA COMMISSION PROGRAMMING SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Supported by Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council Foundation, The SOCAN Foundation, The Julie-Jiggs Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation, The Harbinger Foundation, The Henry White Kinnear Foundation, The United Way, CBC Radio Two, Scotiabank Group, Thorek/Scott and Partners, Procter & Gamble Inc., D.I. McDonald Holdings Ltd., Harden & Huyse Chocolates, The Hudson's Bay Company, NOW Magazine, Steamwhistle Brewery, Roger D. Moore, Margery Griffith Bequest, Canadian Music Centre w w w e s p r i t o r c h e s t r a c o m
04 J\l\ASSEY HALL 5 C LASS ICA L • IntimateJy Poweiful R.OY THOMSON HALL baritone ERIC SCHNEIDER, PIANO Sun 26 Sept 2004 2:00 pm Eil Hailed as the 'Prince of Lieder', the young German artist will perform his 'towering interpretation' of Schubert's great song-cycle, Die Winterreise. FREDERICA VO meuo-soprano E MARTIN KATZ, PIANO Wed 10 Nov 2004 8:00 pm Ill One of the greatest mezzos of our time at the pinnacle of her stunning career! Performing their spectacular Juno-winning version of Mozart's final LES VIOLONS DU ROY MOZART REQUIEM LA CHAPELLE DE QUEBEC I BERNARD LABADIE, CONDUCTOR I KARINA GAUVIN, SOPRANO I ANITA KRAUSE, MEZZO-SOPRANO I JOHN TESSIER, TENOR I NATHAN BERG, BARITONE THE TALLIS SCHOLARS PETER PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR Tue 7 Dec 2004 8:00 pm Ill Britain's a cappel/a superstars of Renaissance choral music! Program includes Palestrina, Lassus, Zielenski and other masters.
