Rencontres virtuoses

Innovations en concert (IEC)

Photo of the musicians
Photo of the musicians

The concertmasters of Canada’s two leading symphony orchestras celebrate their friendship in a concert of virtuosic duets.

Jonathan Crow (current concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), and former concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony) and Andrew Wan (current concertmaster of the OSM) join forces to tell the story of the violin-duet idiom in the 20th and 21st centuries, beginning with Schnittke and Prokofiev, through Bartók, Berio, and Takemitsu, and on to present-day Quebec with commissions from Michael Oesterle, and Maxime McKinley.

Program

  • Béla Bartók
    : 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz 98, BB 104 - Kolomeïka ruthénienne, Chanson valaque, Pizzicato, Chant arabe, Chagrin, «Eh bien ma chère commère», La cornemuse résonne , 1931 (excerpts)
  •  - premiere
  • Alfred Schnittke
    : Moz-Art
  •  - premiere
  • : Duetti per due Violini - Béla, Jeanne, Henri, Peppino, Annie, Leonardo, Bruno, Aldo , 1979 - 1983 (excerpt) for 2 violins

Artists

  • Jonathan Crow
    (violin)
  • Andrew Wan
    (violin)

Representation(s)

Place

Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur