They91裸聊视频檝e been working hard since the season opened last fall, and they91裸聊视频檙e ready for one final hurrah.
The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra presents Triomphe! as the final performance in their 2017/18 season in Kelowna May 11, Penticton May 12 and Vernon May 13.
Opening with Regenerations by Marcus Goddard, composer in association with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, OSO music director Rosemary Thomson said their year-end performance will be one for the books.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e done a couple of his pieces before,91裸聊视频� Thomson said of Goddard, who intends to attend the performance. 91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 a great fountain for his orchestral work.91裸聊视频�
Regenerations, a piece commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, was scaled back for a past performance by the smaller Victoria Symphony.
And while it has been scaled back, Thomson said the piece hasn91裸聊视频檛 lost any of its lustre.
91裸聊视频淢arcus91裸聊视频� music simply sparkles,91裸聊视频� Thomson said. 91裸聊视频淧layers love to perform it and audiences love to listen to it, so I like to program it whenever we have the opportunity.91裸聊视频�
Joining the OSO on stage and performing Ludwig van 叠别别迟丑辞惫别苍91裸聊视频檚 Triple Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra is the renowned Canadian chamber ensemble the Gryphon Trio.
Comprised of Annalee Patipatanakoon on violin, Roman Borys on cello and Jamie Parker on piano, the Gryphon Trio91裸聊视频檚 powerful performance of 叠别别迟丑辞惫别苍91裸聊视频檚 work is a spectacle Thomson has been looking forward to since the show was announced.
91裸聊视频淲hat91裸聊视频檚 special about the Gryphon Trio is they91裸聊视频檙e one of the most established chamber ensembles in Canada who are celebrating their 25th season,91裸聊视频� Thomson said. 91裸聊视频淚 can91裸聊视频檛 think of another chamber ensemble with their stature in Canada that has hit 25 years.91裸聊视频�
叠别别迟丑辞惫别苍91裸聊视频檚 Triple Concerto, which lasts roughly 35 minutes, was the natural choice for the Gryphon Trio, who Thomson describes as a truly Canadian band that has gone from coast to coast to coast.
91裸聊视频淚 thought, if I bring them and don91裸聊视频檛 play 叠别别迟丑辞惫别苍91裸聊视频檚 Triple Concerto, my audience will lynch me,91裸聊视频� Thomson laughed. 91裸聊视频淭hey must have played this piece hundreds of times. There are not that many concertos written for these instruments. It91裸聊视频檚 an amazing concerto.91裸聊视频�
While they have played it numerous times, Thomson said, the magic is never lost.
91裸聊视频淚 have been looking forward to this performance all season,91裸聊视频� Thomson said. 91裸聊视频淭his piece doesn91裸聊视频檛 get performed as often as 叠别别迟丑辞惫别苍91裸聊视频檚 solo concertos, but it really is triple the fun and shows off the skills and imagination of one of the greatest composers to ever write for orchestra. I can91裸聊视频檛 wait to share the stage with the Gryphons.91裸聊视频�
Following the Gryphon Trio91裸聊视频檚 performance, the second half of the performance sees Antonin Dvorak91裸聊视频檚 Symphony No. 7.
91裸聊视频淒vorak was one of the first composers to take us into the nationalistic movement,91裸聊视频� Thomson said.
The nationalistic movement saw classical music move outside the confines of western Europe and Germany in particular and into the minds of composers like Dvorak of the Czech Republic, Jean Sibelius of Finland and Edvard Grieg of Norway.
Dvorak, and other nationalistic composers, also brought a flavour of their culture91裸聊视频檚 tradition into the world of classical music and utilized traditional instruments in a way the industry had yet to see.
91裸聊视频淭hat has continued to today,91裸聊视频� Thomson said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just expanding the form.91裸聊视频�
Perhaps best-known for his Symphony No. 9 or New World Symphony, written in New York City and inspired by his surroundings and indigenous music, Dvorak composed nine symphonies over a span of roughly three decades.
91裸聊视频�Symphony No. 7, I91裸聊视频檝e heard people describe it as his symphony of the old world,91裸聊视频� Thomson said. 91裸聊视频淵ou get all the incredible push and pull rhythms in it.91裸聊视频�
Written in D minor, the three-movement composition explodes into the major at the end of the symphony.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 very effective. It91裸聊视频檚 like the audience being brought out from the clouds,91裸聊视频� Thomson said. 91裸聊视频淎ny Dvorak symphony gives the orchestra a lot to dig into.91裸聊视频�
But Dvorak91裸聊视频檚 work is far from easy, Thomson said, adding that she wouldn91裸聊视频檛 task the orchestra with such a piece at the beginning of the season.
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The OSO presents the sixth and final performance in their Chase Wines Masterworks Series Triomphe! at the Kelowna Community Theatre May 11 at 7:30 p.m., Penticton91裸聊视频檚 Cleland Theatre May 12 at 7:30 p.m. and the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre May 13 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $56.25 adult, $49 seniors and $26.75 student and are available online at and local ticket box offices. After the Vernon performance, the OSO will announce their 59th season and the winner of their bucket list raffle, for which tickets are available online until Saturday night.
