{"id":85818,"date":"2022-11-09T11:25:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T16:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=85818"},"modified":"2022-11-09T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T16:25:29","slug":"preview-violin-takes-spotlight-esprit-orchestras-violinissimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/11\/09\/preview-violin-takes-spotlight-esprit-orchestras-violinissimo\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | The Violin Takes The Spotlight In Esprit Orchestra\u2019s Violinissimo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_85819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85819\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Esprit-PREVIEW-Nov-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Esprit Orchestra (Photo: Karen Reeves)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esprit Orchestra (Photo: Karen Reeves)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The violin takes centre stage in the next concert by Toronto\u2019s Esprit Orchestra, featuring three of Toronto\u2019s concertmasters performing as soloists.<\/p>\n<p>The concertmaster of Esprit, Stephen Sitarski, Concertmaster of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, Aaron Schwebel, and Concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Marie B\u00e9rard will perform as soloists, and then come together to conclude the concert with a celebratory work by Alexina Louie, O.C. Louie will also moderate a pre-concert talk featuring composers and soloists prior to the concert.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85821\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Violin-soloists.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Marie B\u00e9rard (Photo courtesy of the artist); Stephen Sitarski (Photo: Bo Huang); Aaron Schwebel (Photo: Lauren Hamm)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Marie B\u00e9rard (Photo courtesy of the artist); Stephen Sitarski (Photo: Bo Huang); Aaron Schwebel (Photo: Lauren Hamm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>On the program:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jos\u00e9 Evangelista (Canada) <em>Violinissimo<\/em> (1992); Aaron Schwebel, soloist<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Staniland (Canada) <em>Six Enigmas<\/em> (2022) \u2014 World Premiere &amp; Esprit Commission; Stephen Sitarski, soloist<\/li>\n<li>John Rea (Canada) <em>Figures h\u00e2tives<\/em> (2006); Marie B\u00e9rard, soloist<\/li>\n<li>Alexina Louie (Canada) <em>Triple Concerto for Three Violins &amp; Orchestra<\/em> (2017); Aaron Schwebel, Stephen Sitarski, Marie B\u00e9rard, violins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Evangelista\u2019s <strong><em>Violinissimo<\/em><\/strong> was composed in 1992 for the Orquestra de Valencia. Within the traditional structure of a concerto, the composer explores his typically intense and melodic style. Esprit Orchestra performed the work in 2006, and it marks Aaron\u2019s Schwebel debut as a soloist with Esprit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85822\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Esprit-composers-2.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Alexina Louie (Photo: Monique de St. Croix); Andrew Staniland (Photo courtesy of the artist)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Alexina Louie (Photo: Monique de St. Croix); Andrew Staniland (Photo courtesy of the artist)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Andrew Staniland\u2019s <strong><em>Six Enigmas<\/em><\/strong> was composed in collaboration with Stephen Sitarski, concertmaster of Esprit Orchestra. It has a virtuosic approach that is designed to surprise audiences, in the bold musical language audiences have come to expect from the Canadian composer.<\/p>\n<p>One day, Montr\u00e9al composer John Rea heard a child say that to be impatient was to &#8220;wait quickly&#8221;. The truth of that statement, and the juxtaposition of concepts, intrigued him. <strong><em>Figures h\u00e2tives<\/em><\/strong> or \u201cHurried Figures\u201d was the end result of that contemplation, with agitated rhythms that play against long, soaring lines. Commissioned and premiered by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al in 2006, both Esprit and violinist Marie B\u00e9rard last performed it together in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>All three concertmaster\/soloists come together to end the performance with Alexina Louie\u2019s <strong><em>Triple Concerto for Three Violins and Orchestra<\/em><\/strong>. The work was commissioned for the Sesquicentennial of Canada by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al &amp; the National Arts Centre Orchestra. In its original performance, it was played by the concertmasters of each orchestra. It\u2019s a celebratory work that the musicians are dedicating to the city of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p><em>Violinissimo<\/em> takes place on Sunday, November 27th at 8:00 p.m. at Koerner Hall, with a Pre-Concert Chat moderated by composer Alexina Louie, O.C. at 7:15 p.m. Tickets and more information <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espritorchestra.com\/concert-tickets\/concert\/violinissimo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The violin takes centre stage in the next concert by Toronto\u2019s Esprit Orchestra, featuring three of Toronto\u2019s concertmasters performing as soloists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":85819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39907,19,38,39,4557,63,68],"tags":[24942,231,282,4393,40356,40357,40082,35114],"yst_prominent_words":[24931,10210,15756,14729,7584,16964,6613,6667,6668,12857,14728,35109,18410],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Esprit-PREVIEW-Nov-2022.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-mka","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85824,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85818\/revisions\/85824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85818"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=85818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}