What kind of music was composed in early the 1900s in the shadow of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius? Featuring piano trios from women composers whose lives were governed by gender discrimination but also characterized by a breaking of boundaries, a strength of will and an alternative culture.
Music by Helvi Leiviskä’s (1902-1982), Laura Netzel (1839-1927) and Heidi Sundblad-Halme (1903-1973).
Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive Sunday, February 23 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets $30/$15 student at the door Limited free parking
For a great, relaxed, and fun time, come to In the Mood for Christmas. The Lintuhtine Choir is directed by Helen Morag McKinnon with special guests Sidney Murgatroyd on violin and viola and Ben Gray on piano.
Accompanists are Lynn Mills on piano and Conrad Levesque on bass.
Proceeds of monetary donations go to the Bill Jarratt Fund.
Harpsichordist Tim Blackmore and baroque violinist Katherine Moller present a program of 18th century baroque and classical works for violin and harpsichord by Handel, Telemann, Haydn, J.C. Bach and C.F. Abel. Come join us for a lovely musical afternoon.
Tickets available online, in person at AX, or by calling (506) 433-8351.
One might ask – Can classical violin and piano fully express the modernist jazz idioms of Wynton Marsalis’ ‘Fiddle Dance Suite’? How about faithfully voice the blues, spirituals and Black folk music influences in Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s ‘Blues Form’ and ‘Louisiana Blues Strut’? What about capturing the expressionism of the Harlem Renaissance sculptures that inspired William Grant Still’s ‘Suite for violin and piano’? Billy Childs’ ‘Incident on Larpenteur Avenue’ and Alvin Singleton’s ‘Jasper Drag’ present additional challenges, speaking directly to incidents of racialized violence against black men. Nadia and Carl explore the music and these issues.
MusicUNB invites you to listen for yourself, with a full program of works by Black composers reaching from 1927 to 2018. With Nadia Francavilla, violin, and Carl Philippe Gionet, piano.