Upcoming Concerts
A joyous romp through a series of chamber music favourites including Saint-Saëns’ Septet and Beethoven’s String Quartet.
Gordon Gerrard, piano
Arthur Foote: A Night Piece
Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18, No. 3
Violet Archer: Divertimento
Saint-Saëns: Septet Op. 65
A joyous romp through a series of chamber music favourites including Saint-Saëns’ Septet and Beethoven’s String Quartet.
Gordon Gerrard, piano
Arthur Foote: A Night Piece
Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18, No. 3
Violet Archer: Divertimento
Saint-Saëns: Septet Op. 65
Coming Together
Friday, March 1, 2019 – 7:00pm (Pre-Concert Talk– 6:00 pm)
Regina Symphony Chamber Players
Helen Pridmore, soprano
Saskatchewan Youth Ballet, Michelle McMillan, artistic director
Dan Innes, spoken word artist
Gordon Gerrard, piano
Morlock: Icarus, landing
Part: Fratres
Bach: “Ruhet hie, matte Sinne”
Dan Innes: Growing Pains
Dan Innes: Nouveau Fear
Dan Innes: A Thousand Reasons to Live
Morlock: Somewhere Along the Line
Rzewski: Coming Together
The Regina Symphony Chamber Player (RSCP) collaborate with the Saskatchewan Youth Ballet to create a new work examining issues faced by today’s millennials. Regina-based spoken word artist, Dan Innes, brings his message of optimism backed by members of the RSCP. Frederic Rzewski minimalist masterpiece Coming Together concludes this program.
Perspectives
Saturday, March 2, 2019 – 7:00pm (Pre-Concert Talk – 6:00 pm)
Regina Symphony Chamber Players
Schizophrenia Society of Saskatchewan
Morlock: Theft
Perischetti: The Hollow Men
Nielsen: Woodwind Quintet, Fourth movement
Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Op. 80, Third movement
The Schizophrenia Society of Saskatchewan partner with the Regina Symphony Chamber Players to share personal stories and perspectives of those lives have been indelibly shaped by mental illness. Music and words weave a narrative to broaden understanding, challenge stigma and raise hope.
Steven Page with the RSO
Sunday, March 3, 2019 – 7:00pm (Pre-Concert Talk – 6:00 pm)
Gordon Gerrard, conductor
Steven Page, singer-songwriter
Regina Symphony Orchestra
Morlock: My Name is Amanda Todd
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4, Op. 61 “Mozartiana”
Steven Page with the RSO
Former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page joins the Regina Symphony Orchestra in a unique and eclectic program. This Canadian icon has become an outspoken advocate for mental health awareness and well-being by sharing his personal experiences, struggles and triumphs. Musicians of the RSO take centre stage in music by Tchaikovsky and My Name is Amanda Todd, a meaningful work by the festival’s featured composer Jocelyn Morlock.
Beethoven’s ode to nature is paired with a dramatic musical work by composer Neil Weisensel and librettist Suzanne Steele about Louis Riel’s lost years and his desire for ‘the heart of the north’ - the homeland.
Melody Courage, soprano
Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano
Rebecca Cuddy, mezzo-soprano
James McLennan, tenor
James Westman, bass
Jordan Daniels, fiddle
Neil Weisensel: Heart of the North
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
The RSO celebrates the incredible catalogue of the most honoured film composer of all time: John Williams! Experience selections from Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter and more by the master of film music!
Michael Krajewski, conductor
For more than 30 years, renowned Canadian family entertainer Fred Penner has brought joy and inspiration to children of all ages. A three-time Juno-Award winner and Order of Canada recipient, Fred joins the RSO with his famously gentle voice and folk guitar!
Karl Hirzer, conductor
Fred Penner, children’s entertainer
An exploration of the late Romantic period in an expressive program of moving pieces.
Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz
Carl Nielsen: Quintet
Josef Rheinberger: Nonet
An exploration of the late Romantic period in an expressive program of moving pieces.
Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz
Carl Nielsen: Quintet
Josef Rheinberger: Nonet
Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony: a fresh, half-finished masterwork, lost in time for decades is paired together with Dvorák’s dramatic Violin Concerto performed by musical maverick, Lara St. John.
Mélanie Léonard, conductor
Lara St. John, violin
Dvorák: Violin Concerto
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
A concert of striking emotional contrasts with Rossini’s playful Sonata a Quattro balancing the heft of Brahms’ Serenade.
Rossini: Sonata a Quattro No. 5
Luciano Berio: Opus Number Zoo
Brahms: Serenade Op. 16, No. 2
A concert of striking emotional contrasts with Rossini’s playful Sonata a Quattro balancing the heft of Brahms’ Serenade.
Rossini: Sonata a Quattro No. 5
Luciano Berio: Opus Number Zoo
Brahms: Serenade Op. 16, No. 2
Uniquely engaging, humorous, unforgettable. Canadian Brass, the world’s most famous brass ensemble, joins the RSO for a concert with music ranging from classical to blues and more!
Gordon Gerrard, conductor
Canadian Brass
Experience Holst’s magnificent planetary suite in a celebration of 110 years of your RSO! Regina’s own Meagan Milatz joins the RSO for a performance of David McIntyre’s Piano Concerto, as does the SSYO in a once in a lifetime concert experience!
Gordon Gerrard, conductor
Meagan Milatz, piano
South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra,
Alan Denike, music director
Arturo Márquez: Danzon No. 2
David McIntyre: Piano Concerto
Holst: The Planets
