Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra | Songs Of Hope

Highlighting this concert of favorite arias and chamber music will be the premiere of a song cycle for soprano, mezzo and chamber ensemble composed by diverse Canadian composers unified in answering our challenging times with one word “Hope”.

Premiering compositions by: Ronald Royer, Ted Runcie, Rachel McFarlane, Bruno Degazio, Daniel Mehdizadeh, Leela Gilday and more.

As a collective of artists working within a creative circle associated with the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, we have asked ourselves how artists can and should respond to the times we live in. Our answer has been the one word “Hope”. Drawing on various texts from the classical to the new, and set within our own musical styles, we have jointly conspired to infect our audiences virally with Hope.

Featuring: Danielle MacMillan, Mezzo Soprano; Maghan McPhee, Soprano; Odin Quartet (Alex Toskov, Tanya Charles Iveniuk, Matt Antal, Samuel Bisson); Kaye Royer, Clarinet; Gilles Thibodeau, Horn; Alexa Bell, flute; Lisa Tahara, Piano, Ronald Royer, Conductor, Ted Runcie, Conductor

Program

• Shreya Jha: (music and words) Walk with Me, for Mezzo Soprano and Piano (New Generation Composer, SPO Commission and Premiere)
• Daniel Mehdizadeh: composer, (Jess Azevedo, librettist) New Castles, for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, piano and cello (SPO Commission and Premiere)
• Alexander Glazunov: Serenade for Horn and String Quartet (1884)
• Rachel McFarlane: (music and words) Eternal Embrace, for Mezzo Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (New Generation Composer, SPO Commission and Premiere)
• John Williams : Viktor’s Tale, from the Motion Picture, The Terminal, for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble
• Leela Gilday: (words, arranged by Martin Loomer) All Alone, for Mezzo Soprano and String Quartet
• Ronald Royer: (words from English translation adapted from Dante’s Divine Comedy) Women of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Three Songs for Mezzo Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (SPO Commission and Premiere)
• Charles Gounod: arranged Bruno Degazio: Je Veux Vivre from Romeo and Juliette, for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
• Ted Runcie: (music and words) Where Shadow Chases Light for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, and Chamber Ensemble (SPO Commission and Premiere)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Bruno Degazio : Batti batti, from Don Giovanni, for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
• Leo Delibes: The Flower Duet from Lakme, For Soprano and Mezzo Soprano
• Gioacchino Rossini, arr. Bruno Degazio – Una voce poco fa, from Il barbiere di Siviglia, for Mezzo Soprano and Chamber Ensemble

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