- This event has passed.
Canadian Rhythms
The second concert of the season, entitled “Canadian Rhythms,” features three Canadian works with lively rhythms. From composer Kelly-Marie Murphy, you will hear Dark Energy, a work commissioned as a compulsory piece for the Banff International String Quartet Competition. R. Murray Schafer’s Fourth Quartet is a three-movement work whose middle movement is a fireworks display of sixteenth notes. Opening with a string trio on stage, the first violin begins a lyrical melody in the distance before joining the other strings at the beginning of the second movement. Finally, the work ends with a tribute to the poet bp nicols, whose sudden and tragic death had a profound effect on the composer.
A prolific composer in all genres, Blair Thomson is also known for his major symphonic works and numerous high-level orchestral arrangements. Blair Thompson wrote his first string quartet, Internesses, for the Molinari Quartet, and it will be premiered at this concert.
Kelly-Marie Murphy : Dark Energy (2007)
Blair Thomson : Internesses (world premiere)
Murray Schafer : Quartet no 4