{"id":60727,"date":"2019-05-23T15:54:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T19:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=60727"},"modified":"2019-05-26T10:24:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T14:24:56","slug":"toronto-summer-music-mendelssohn-octet","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/event\/toronto-summer-music-mendelssohn-octet\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Summer Music | Mendelssohn Octet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry\u00a0Shiffman, violin<\/span>
\n<\/span>Jennifer Frautschi, violin<\/span>
\n<\/span>Aaron Schwebel, violin<\/span>
\n<\/span>Elissa Lee, violin<\/span>
\n<\/span>Hsin-Yun Huang, viola<\/span>
\n<\/span>Desmond\u00a0Hoebig, cello<\/span>
\n<\/span>Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello<\/span>
\n<\/span>Kelly Zimba, flute<\/span>
\n<\/span>Eric Abramovitz, clarinet<\/span>
\n<\/span>Philip Chiu, piano<\/span>
\n<\/span>Joel\u00a0Quarrington, bass<\/span>
\n<\/span>Charles Settle, percussion<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cowell: Homage to Iran\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>Alexina\u00a0Louie:\u00a0<\/span>[World Premiere]*\u00a0<\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span>Sarasate:\u00a0<\/span>Introduction et\u00a0Tarantelle, Op.43<\/span>
\n<\/span>Mendelssohn:\u00a0<\/span>Octet for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the mid-1820s, the beautifully polished Octet and the magical overture to Shakespeare\u2019s romantic comedy,\u202f<\/span>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/span><\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>heralde<\/span>d Mendelssohn\u2019s graduation from prodigy to master. The Octet is true chamber music, not a symphony in disguise. Each of the eight parts is a separate and indispensable component of the whole. Its textures regularly display numerous imaginative and intricate combinations, without ever growing dense or heavy. It remained Mendelssohn\u2019s own\u202f<\/span>favourite<\/span>\u202famong his youthful works.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The program also includes the world premiere performance of a piece commissioned from\u202f<\/span>Alexina<\/span>\u202fLouie.\u202f<\/span>One of\u202f<\/span>Canada\u02bcs<\/span>\u202fmost sought after composers, she has written for many of the\u202f<\/span>country\u02bcs<\/span>\u202fleading soloists, chamber ensembles, new music groups, and orchestras. Her works have become part of the standard repertoire, in particular her many compositions for piano, which are frequently performed by students and professionals alike.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her orchestral works have received a multitude of international performances. Some of the world-class conductors who have performed Louie\u2019s music include Sir Andrew Davis, Leonard Slatkin, Bramwell Tovey, G\u00fcnther Herbig, Pinchas Zukerman, Kent Nagano, and Peter Oundjian. She has received numerous awards, including two JUNOs.<\/p>\n

Tickets, here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barry\u00a0Shiffman, violin Jennifer Frautschi, violin Aaron Schwebel, violin Elissa Lee, violin Hsin-Yun Huang, viola Desmond\u00a0Hoebig, cello Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello Kelly Zimba, flute Eric Abramovitz, clarinet Philip Chiu, piano Joel\u00a0Quarrington, bass Charles Settle, percussion\u00a0 Cowell: Homage to Iran\u00a0 Alexina\u00a0Louie:\u00a0[World Premiere]*\u00a0 Sarasate:\u00a0Introduction et\u00a0Tarantelle, Op.43 Mendelssohn:\u00a0Octet for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20\u00a0 During the mid-1820s, the beautifully […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[5513,6487],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/60727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/60727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60764,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/60727\/revisions\/60764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60727"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=60727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}